The poem Daddy by Silvia Plath is an intricate commentary on a young girl's relationship with her abusive father. Silvia writes about her early life comparing many aspects of it to Nazi Germany which naturally brings with it an eerie and even despondent tone. Such a comparison, being something that is collectively identified as of of the worst atrocities to happen in the history of human kind, creates a strong image in the mind of the reader as to the kind of relationship that Sylvia had with her father. Through her use of a free verse form, despondent tone, historical symbolism, and sinister setting she effectively illustrates the trials and tribulations she faced throughout her youth.
Although the poem Daddy lacks a set rhyme scheme, Sylvia Plath utilizes the effects of both end and internal rhymes throughout. The first line of the poem is "You do not do, you do not do". The beginning of the poem has an end rhyme of the "oo" sound as in the word "do" and is carried out through the rest of the poem which ends in the word "through". The poem is essentially held together by the rhyme and creates a sense of proper flow and continuity. Sylvia Plath also utilizes repetition to place emphasis on certain things. Line 15-17, "The polish town scraped flat by the roller of wars, wars, wars", uses repetition to imply the devastation of multiple wars to a
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The setting, changing from many places jumps from Auchuwitz to a ghastly statue the size of an entire country, to a cold and snowy Vienna. In the line "The snows of the Tyrol, the clear beer of Vienna" such a description draws a picture of a somber and hopeless place in her life. The winter representing the sometimes inescapable cold and harshness of times, Sylvia Plath effectively provides the reader with a window of opportunity to step into her shoes and imagine what she felt in response to her father's oppressive