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Comment 10 of 70, added on November 5th, 2004 at 2:09 PM.
This poem about her emotional struggles, and i personaly think is about her
father and husband. She puts herself in a nazi's childs view and release
her anger of men and society into this poem. Though it is very angery i
think it is very powerful and well written
Victoria M
Comment 9 of 70, added on November 2nd, 2004 at 9:36 AM.
Well, I have read the poem, and after careful thought I can conclude that
it was indeed written by Sylvia Plath, and not by a purple alien dressed in
women's clothing and putting on a fake American accent, as rumour has it. I
believe whoever started this ridiculous rumour is an utter nincompoop, they
know who they are, and I should think they are feeling mighty sheepish
right about now.
Cheddarbob from United Kingdom
Comment 8 of 70, added on October 22nd, 2004 at 10:19 PM.
In a time of need, this poem can be great to read. A very angry poem I
think, however, anger is one of the ways people deal with stress and
internal struggle. This poem is about Plath's personal life, it has nothing
to do with her father. She compares "Daddy" as an image of evil, of hate.
She's using this Daddy character also as a nazi who persecuted Jews. This
connection to the holocaust is very powerful. Reading this poem is great
when your depressed or have depression problems. The anger expressed in
this poem is very healing and soothing.
Mike from United States
Comment 7 of 70, added on October 17th, 2004 at 6:08 AM.
Sylvia Plath's outstanding poem 'Daddy' is evidently based on memories of
her father Otto Plath, who died when she was eight years of age.It
emphasises the many similarities he shared with her husband, Ted
Hughes.Many terms described throughout WW2 suggest hatred for her father as
if he was a Nazi.This powerful poem is one to be remembered because of its
uniqueness and talented writer Sylvia Plath, who sadly felt the need to end
her life at the age of thirty.
Alice from Australia
Comment 6 of 70, added on October 12th, 2004 at 11:57 AM.
this poem isnt about her dad. its really about her husband. she didnt like
him, didnt love him, she loved his poems, she fell in love with his poems,
so married him. she knew that she couldnt write a poem about him directly,
so she called it "daddy" to talk about the father of her children.
ashley from United States
Comment 5 of 70, added on September 20th, 2004 at 10:29 PM.
I think that the poem is about Plath's own personal experiences. She was
known to do that. Plath's father and husband were both very dominating and
this poem represents how she felt about them.
Heather from United States
Comment 4 of 70, added on August 31st, 2004 at 10:58 PM.
The worst things anyone has ever been through in his or her own life are
the only real atrocities he or she can really know. Everyone has their own
internal Hell to deal with, just some deal differently than others. She
used the imagery of the Holocaust to describe that inner turmoil. It's the
evils we face in life given a twentieth centry face. It's also the courage
and strength in surviving it.
"Daddy", I think, is about triupmhing over that more than the suffering. I
find strength in this poem. The anger as a necessary process in the
healing.
She's not the first, nor the last, to use the Holocaust as a metaphor. It's
as much a process of learning from history as it is to simply study it in
the context it occurred.
julie
Comment 3 of 70, added on August 30th, 2004 at 10:32 AM.
Sylvia is a wonderful poet and a strong woman. Most of her poems are deep
and outstanding. Daddy is one of my favorite.
Vi
Comment 2 of 70, added on August 25th, 2004 at 4:25 AM.
Sylvia was a very strong lady and is a great poet
emma
Comment 1 of 70, added on August 17th, 2004 at 4:48 AM.
Have you ever thought about how life can possible go on for those who have
experienced real atrocities? Whether this is truth to Sylvia or to be
taken as a metaphor it tells volumes about life in the shadow of badly
placed beliefs.
Lee P from United States
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This poem about her emotional struggles, and i personaly think is about her
father and husband. She puts herself in a nazi's childs view and release
her anger of men and society into this poem. Though it is very angery i
think it is very powerful and well written
Victoria M