When was the English poet, painter, and printmaker died who wrote the poem "A Poison Tree"?
12 August 1827
A Poison Tree
"A Poison Tree" is a poem written by William Blake, published in 1794 as part of his "Songs of Experience" collection.
 It describes the narrator's repressed feelings of anger towards an individual, emotions which eventually lead to murder.
 The poem explores themes of indignation, revenge, and more generally the fallen state of mankind.
William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker.
 Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.
 What he called his prophetic works were said by 20th century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language".
 His visual artistry led 21st-century critic Jonathan Jones to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced".
 In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.
 Although he lived in London his entire life (except for three years spent in Felpham), he produced a diverse and symbolically rich "œuvre", which embraced the imagination as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".
Mother Hubberd's Tale
Mother Hubberd's Tale is a poem by English poet Edmund Spenser, written in 1578–1579.
 The more commonly read version of the poem is a revision of the original, created sometime in 1590, and published in 1591 as a part of Spenser's collection "Complaints".
 "Mother Hubberd's Tale" was sold separately from the rest of the collection it was published with, though the reason why is debated among scholars.
 The poem follows the story of a sick, bedridden poet, who has visitors that try to entertain him with stories.
 The only one the poet finds worthy enough to retell is the tale told by Old Mother Hubberd about an ape and a fox.
 The poem is an allegorical poem, with overarching themes in search of political reform.
 The poem was said to have antagonized Lord Burghley, the primary secretary of Elizabeth I, and estranged Spenser from the English court, despite his success in that arena with his previous (and most famous) work, "the Faerie Queene". Reflections on Having Left a Place of Retirement
Reflections on Having Left a Place of Retirement is a poem written by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1796.
 Like his earlier poem "The Eolian Harp", the poem discusses Coleridge's understanding of nature and his married life, which was suffering from problems that developed after the previous poem.
 Overall, the poem focuses on humanity's relationship with nature in its various aspects ranging from experiencing an Edenic state to having to abandon a unity with nature in order to fulfill a moral obligation to humanity.
 The discussion of man's obligation to each other leads into a discussion on the difference between the life of a philosopher and the life of a poet.
 By the end of the poem, the narrator follows the philosophical path in a manner similar to what Coleridge sought to do.
 The response to the poem from critics was mostly positive with many of them emphasizing the religious aspects of the poem in their analysis. Poison Tree (disambiguation)
The Poison Tree band of Nick Castro Ah! Sun-flower
"Ah!
 Sun-flower" is an illustrated poem written by the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake.
 It was published as part of his collection "Songs of Experience" in 1794 (no.43 in the sequence of the combined book, "Songs of Innocence and of Experience").
 It is one of only four poems in "Songs of Experience" not found in the "Notebook" (the Rossetti MS). Our Casuarina Tree
The poem begins with the description of the tree.
 The poet says that the creeper has wound itself round the rugged trunk of the Casuarina Tree, like a huge Python.
 The creeper has left deep marks on the trunk of the tree.
 The tree is so strong that it bears the tight hold of the creeper.
 The tree is described as being gallant, and possibly brave, as very few trees could survive in the strangle-hold of this creeper.
 The poet then goes on to describe the life that thrives amidst every facet of the tree.
 The tree is metaphorical said as a giant due to its huge size, strength and boldness.
 The Casuarina Tree is covered with creeper which bears red crimson flowers which appear as though the tree is wearing a colorful scarf.
 Often at night, the garden echoes and it seems to be jubilant and the song (of a nightingale) has no end; it continues till dawn.
 At dawn when the poet opens her window she is delighted to see the Casuarina Tree.
 Mostly in winters a gray baboon is seen sitting on the crest of the tree seeing the sunrise with her younger ones leaping and playing in the tree's boughs.
 The shadow of the tree appears to fall on the huge water tank.
 Toru Dutt says that it is not because of the majestic appearance of the Casuarina Tree that it is dear to her heart and soul, but also that she along with her siblings spent happy moments under it.
 Toru Dutt has brought out the theme of nature as something that shares feeling with humans, that lightens the burden on the heart.
 The poet continues with a description of how strong the image of the tree is, even when in lands far away.
 Even in France and Italy (where the poet studied), she can hear the tree's lament.
 The poet wishes to consecrate the tree's memory and importance for the sake of those who are now dead - and looks ahead to her own death, hoping that the tree be spared obscurity (or that no-one will remember it).
 She immortalizes the tree through this poem like how Wordsworth sanctified the Yew trees of Borrowdale.
 She says "May love defend thee from Oblivion's curse'"- by which she means that she is glad that her love for the Casuarina will protect it from the curse of being forgotten. Excoecaria dallachyana
Excoecaria dallachyana, the Scrub Poison Tree or Brush Poison Tree is a species of plant in the Spurge family.
 It is found from the Clarence River, New South Wales to Townsville, Queensland.
 The habitat is rainforest by streams or in the drier form of rainforest.
 The leaves are toxic to stock and the sap is irritating to human skin.
 A slender tree which may reach 15 metres tall. Poison Tree (Atwater-Rhodes novel)
Poison Tree is a 2012 young adult fiction novel by American author Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and is her thirteenth novel.
 The book was published on July 10, 2012 and is the eighth novel in the Den of Shadows series.
 The novel's title is derived from a poem by William Blake entitled "A Poison Tree", which is featured at the beginning of the novel.
 Atwater-Rhodes stated that "Poison Tree" was originally titled "Tiger Rise", that she had initially filmed it as a movie with her friends, and that the book took her a long time to write. Barringtonia asiatica
Barringtonia asiatica (fish poison tree, putat or sea poison tree) is a species of "Barringtonia" native to mangrove habitats on the tropical coasts and islands of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean from Zanzibar east to Taiwan, the Philippines (where it is locally known as botong or bitoón), Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, the Cook Islands, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia.
 It is grown along streets for decorative and shade purposes in some parts of India, for instance in some towns on southeastern shore.
 It is also known as Box Fruit due the distinct box-shaped fruit it produces.
 The local name "futu" is the source of the name for the Polynesian island Futuna.
 The type specimen was collected by botanist Pehr Osbeck on a sandy beach area on the island of Java, later to be described (and given the original name of "Mammea asiatica") by Carl Linnaeus in his "Species Plantarum" in 1753.