Sylvia Plath's "Daddy"
Poem Analysis of Daddy The persona that Sylvia Plath presents within this poem is evidently to attempt to compare her suffering, of the loss of a farther, to that of the Jewish Community during Hitler’s rain; not only by comparing herself to a Jewish individual, but by also comparing her farther to a Nazi Solider. The similarity that I envision between the Nazi theme and the loss of a father is that there can never be enough anger; and that the Nazis decimated an entire culture, much in the same way that the loss of her father forever colored her world. The persona of this poem can therefore be more accurately stated as being based upon factors of powerlessness and rage; the uninvited forces that enter our lives and destroy something within us. Due to this heart felt persona being presented, the words of the poem bear a great emotional connection to its reader, as most probably the individual has experienced aspects of the poem within their own existence. This is additionally supported due to my belief that Plath not only compares her suffering to that of the Jews, but that deeper down she is trying to reform her emotions concerning her father's ethnic race, or using this persona as a barrier for her true feelings. The poem portrays the contents of its story over 16 stanzas, each presenting its contents in a directly fashion, such as being a letter of statement directly addressed to her farther, with each stanza having five lines of powerful imagery and rhyming schemes. This makes the reader of the poem feel as if they are viewing upon a diary entry of Plath, viewing the painful thoughts that have engulfed her short life; conquering the poem with a powerful outlook. From this we can base the writing style of Daddy as being confessional poetry, as Plath confesses her feelings about men and death and how they are related. It reads as if she is pouring her heart out onto the page and as if she is speaking the words freely, thus adding to the powerful nature and