The speaker allows his enemy to “contemplate its splendor” (11). The speaker encourages his enemy to want and desire something he knew was not his. He craves the “apple” out of natural curiosity. The speaker is preparing the enemy for an act of revenge. In the last stanza of “A Poison Tree,” the speaker tells the reader what happened during the night. The enemy made their way into the speaker's garden. The speaker alludes to the darkness of the night: “When the night veiled the post” (14). It is assumed that the enemy ate the "poisoned" apple as the speaker discovered, "My enemy was lying under the tree." (16). It is not clearly stated whether the enemy fell asleep like Snow White or was dead. Hatred grew from the seed of anger. Knowing the speaker's hatred for his enemy, it can be assumed that the enemy died after recovering the apple. It is quite obvious that “A Poison Tree” alludes to Genesis and the story of the Tree of Knowledge, “but you must not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.” (Genesis 2:17). Adam and Eve were given the command not to eat the apple. Eve convinced Adam to eat the apple and the result was exile from the Garden of Eden. The apple is a biblical metaphor for sin. As Adam and Eve succumbed to the weakness of sin, so did Blake's enemy and speaker