Poems by Sylvia Plath
"Daddy"
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In "Daddy," Plath (1, 1) is apparently describing the emotions she has held toward her father since his death when she was only 10 years old. Plath (1, 1) says that "daddy, I've had to kill you./ You died before I had time." Throughout the poem, Plath makes it clear that she equates her father with the Nazis and blames him for the failure of her subsequent relationships with men, including "the vampire who said he was you (Plath, 1, 2)." The structure of the poem is narrative, but does not tell a consistent story so much as it conveys a set of emotions. These emotions reflect Plath's attitudes toward the men in her life whom she feels have been abusive to her and who have made her feel "a b
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