Daddy: A literary Analysis

Daddy: A literary Analysis

Controlling fathers who dominate their children’s lives by getting rid of the various comforts and securities that are generally associated with a “normal childhood” cause damage that for some no matter how much time passes can never be repaired. Sylvia Plath writes in many of her poems, in particular this piece of literature, about her own trials of dealing with her controlling father.   In her poem "Daddy" Sylvia Plath utilized repetition, alliteration, and assonance in an abrasive and honest manner to compare the idea in her mind that she was a prisoner in her own home as a child because of the tyranny of her father to that of the relationship of the Jewish and Aryan communities of World War II Germany.   This poem is a young woman’s attempt at expressing the frustration and sorrow at a childhood that was less than satisfactory in her hindsight.    
The use of repetition in this was extremely important because of the fact that with repetition you have a stronger chance of the audience of catching on to what you are attempting to get across as well as the poem becoming memorable which is an important part of any great piece of literature.   She utilizes repetition in this story one way as a way of transitioning from a young girl or child to a strong opinioned woman.   She uses a line in the beginning “you do not do, you do not do” to represent early childhood and the improper grammar that is associated with this age group.   She then goes on the poem with lines like “Jew” and repeated descriptions of a Nazi which were meant to be representative of an older child to young adult age.   She states at the very end “daddy, daddy, you bastard, I’m through” this very strong statement was meant to convey the ideas of an older adult that has come to terms with the all the various maltreatment she had suffered as a child.   She also used repetition purely for its entertainment value.   In the middle of the poem she uses “ich, ich, ich, ich” which...