Daddy by Sylvia PlathSummary and Analysis

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“Daddy” was written on October 12, 1962, four months before her death and one month after her separation from Ted Hughes. It was published posthumously in Ariel during 1965 alongside many other of her poems leading up to her death such as Tulips”, “Edge”, and Lady Lazarus. • Daddy addresses Plath's father Otto Plath directly, and her relationship with her deceased father. Daddy is written from the first-person point of view, directly addressing the speaker's father as Daddy and you. • Daddy“ consists of 16 stanzas and is written in the present tense, though the speaker switches to past tense when discussing memories. She describes her father as a Nazi (dictatorial),a giant statue, a confining shoe and a vampire.Plath recounts her long struggle to be free of her father’s destructive presence in her life. • • #daddypoem • #daddypoemsummary • #sylviaplath • #americanliterature • #tedhughes • #daddypoemanalysis • • / sumivict

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