How Did Slyvia Plath Protray Her Feelings Towards Her Father in Daddy?

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Azucena Tapia Ap literature 4B Ms.Joseph January 24, 2013 “Daddy” Analysis In the poem ,“Daddy”, the poet uses a copious amount of techniques to convey her attitude towards her father. Plath writes about her father and how she feels bitter and sardonic towards him. The poet’s effective use of syntax and diction in this poem describes her feelings towards her father. Symbolism and metaphors are also used to portray her father’s actions and beliefs. Throughout the poem, “Daddy”, Plath uses metaphor to explicate her irate and sardonic attitude towards her late father. The poet states, “The vampire who said he was you And drank my blood ...” (Plath, lines 72-73). She compares her father to a vampire. She is bitter towards him for sucking the life out of her, as a vampire would suck the blood from a human. Plath also compares her father to a “...black shoe In which I have lived like a foot”(lines 1-2). She views her father as suffocating, like a tight black shoe. The poet shows that she is resentful that she used to be smothered and surrounded by her father. “Marble-heavy, a bag full of God” (line 8), this quote shows her sarcastic and condescending attitude towards her father. Plath satirically compares her father to God because he was a heavy presence in her life, and how he weighed down on her, like marble. The poet, Sylvia Plath, uses diction throughout the poem “Daddy” to express her mordant and bitter view of her late father. The word ‘Daddy’ comes up a lot in this poem. Plath refers to her father as ‘daddy’ to support her sarcastic attitude towards her dad. Nowhere in this poem Plath shows any compassion towards her father, but yet she refers to her father as ‘daddy’ so that the reader could see the bitter venom behind her words. Throughout the poem the poet make references to her father’s German ancestry. She
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