Ee Wu
Dr. Bernheim
ENG 112
2:30 pm
“A Poison Tree” vs. “The Most Vital Thing in Life”
How to decide whether a poem is good or bad? We can evaluate a poem by sentimental,
rhetorical, and didactic methods. In this case, I determine the “The Most Vital Thing” is a poor
poem and the other one “A Poison Tree” is a good poem.
The second poem, which is “The Most Vital Thing in Life”, contains excess word to
express the meaning. The ideas and thoughts of this poem have disorganized, also this poem try
