Essays on Poison

The poisoning of the Earth’s ozone layer is increasingly attracting worldwide concern for the global environment and the health effects of life on the Planet Earth. There is not just one particular cause for the ozone’s depletion; the accumulation of different pollutants into our ozone layer has all added up and equaled a worldwide problem….

The poisoned needle, more specifically known as Pseudo-nitzschia which is a diatom, has been known to cause widespread problems in terms of aquatic food contamination. Specifically, aquatic organisms commonly used for human consumption such as crustaceans and fishes may come in contact with blooms of the aforementioned diatom, leading into contamination. The common name given…

A Poison Tree a poem by William Blake I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears: And I sunned it with smiles, And…

To analyze and compare William Blake’s poems “The Human Abstract” and “A Poison Tree”, it is necessary to understand not only his words, but human nature and the mind as a whole. We as people have many tendencies and susceptibilities to everything that happens in our daily lives; toward nature, emotions, friends, and enemies. Our…

Barbara Kingsolver is the writer of many well-written pieces of literature including The Poisonwood Bible. This fresh explores the beauty and adversities that exist in the Belgian Congo in 1959. Told by the married woman and four girls of a ferocious Baptist, Nathan Price, Kingsolver clearly captures the worlds this household and mission went through…

Was angry with my friend: told my wrath, my wrath did end. Was angry with my foe: told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears Night & morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both day and night, Till…

The inclusion of “This is my missive to the world” emphasizes the growing of the talker. During the Price’s stay in Kilanga. the household witnessed 100s of deceases. These were tragic happenings in their eyes but to the indigens. they were merely nature’s message. At the beginning of the fresh Adah would hold received the…

“A Poison Tree”, by William Blake is a poem of four stanzas, with a rhyme scheme of aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff-gg-hh, and in which the poet examines the negative effects of unresolved anger. Blake cleverly presents this idea by way of an extended metaphor in order to make the point that if you let anger fester and build…

Themes in Conor Oberst’s “Poison Oak” The poetic song lyrics of “Poison Oak,” written by songwriter Conor Oberst and performed by Bright Eyes, display many powerful uses of figurative language that give the song a deep meaning and produce strong themes. The puissant and mournful metaphors used by Oberst create important themes that allow the…

O3 the Earth’s ozone layer is increasingly attracting worldwide concern for the global environment and the health effects of life on the Planet Earth. There is not just one particular cause for the ozone’s depletion; the accumulation of different pollutants into our ozone layer has all added up and equaled a worldwide problem. There is…