"Daddy"

"Daddy" In the poem "Daddy," Sylvia Plath attempts to flee from the memory of her brutal father, who died when she was ten years of age. She employs short stanzas that contain powerful imagery to convey to the reader the oppression she received from her father. At the conclusion of the poem, Plath realizes that her husband is actually a reincarnate of her dead father. Through the use of powerful imagery and dominant allusions, Plath …

…stylistic devices to convey her message of hatred toward her father. The poem leaves the reader with the feeling of Plath's hatred for men in general. She creates vivid pictures of her life-sucking father through strong imagery and allusions. She leaves the reader with a semi-sense of closure. She has not killed her father completely in her mind, however she is through trying to overcome her father's memory, her husband dictatorship, and, essentially, her life.