be careful to include only details that reveal something about the poem. Mary Lamb wrote stories and poems, often for children Mary Lamb was born in 1764 and died in 1847. She and her brother ...

This video shows a reading of ‘Envy’ by Mary Lamb. Her poem compares an envious person to a rose tree. The poem’s content, ideas, language and structure are explored. Comparisons and ...

Blake's poem has a more ambiguous tone, whereas Lamb's contains the clear message that envy is wasted emotion. Blake uses first person throughout, Lamb only uses it once in the final stanza.

The only use of first person in the poem draws attention to personal experience. Voice of the speaker is like a teacher telling us a moral lesson. The tone suggests instruction and builds to moral ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Mary Lamb compares an envious person to that of a rose tree, suggesting that a rose wanting to be like a different ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Blindness: Someone who is unaware of their own good qualities. 'Like such a blind and senseless tree/ As I've ...