Daddy as a confessional poem - discuss with statements.
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16th Dec, 2019
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The poem daddy is a well known poem in the genre of "confessional poetry " written by one of the most famous poet of this genre "Sylvia Plath " .
- This poem is also a representation of plath's relationship with her father .
- Plath's father "Otto plath" died when the author was only eight . So through this poem she depicts the emotions and feelings attached with her father's death.
- The first few lines of the poem "you do not do you do not do anymore , in which I have lived like a foot " is meant to be simply a reminder that all her memories with her father are attached to only her childhood .
- The insight into Sylvia's own pysche makes this poem a real confessional poem .
- She even revealed how her father's absence has affected her life by mentioning her suicide attempt in these lines " at twenty I tried to die , to get back , back to you ..but I stuck into the sack and they stuck me with the glue "
- Plath even exposes her intimacy with her husband which makes her poetry and this poem to be a true confessional poem .
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