Daddy
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"Daddy" is a powerful and controversial confessional poem by Sylvia Plath that explores themes of trauma, oppression, and the speaker’s fraught relationship with her father.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daddy (poem) | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
confessional poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| characterType | lyric speaker ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReputation |
highly controversial for its Holocaust metaphors
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one of Sylvia Plath’s most famous poems ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1962 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| form | first-person monologue ⓘ |
| genre | confessional poetry ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sylvia Plath’s relationship with her father Otto Plath ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 80 ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| meter | loosely structured free verse with nursery-rhyme rhythms ⓘ |
| movement |
Confessional poetry
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surface form:
Confessional poetry movement
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| notableLine |
"Daddy, I have had to kill you."
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"Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I’m through." ⓘ "Every woman adores a Fascist." ⓘ "I think I may well be a Jew." ⓘ |
| poet | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| posthumouslyPublished | true ⓘ |
| publishedIn |
Ariel (poem)
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surface form:
Ariel (poetry collection)
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| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 16 ⓘ |
| subject | a daughter’s relationship with her father ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
extensive literary criticism
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feminist literary analysis ⓘ |
| theme |
Holocaust imagery
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anger ⓘ grief ⓘ identity ⓘ liberation from oppression ⓘ oppression ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ psychological conflict ⓘ the father–daughter relationship ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| tone |
accusatory
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angry ⓘ confessional ⓘ intense ⓘ |
| usesImageryOf |
Nazism
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Holocaust ⓘ
surface form:
the Holocaust
vampirism ⓘ |
| yearWritten | 1962 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.