Tone In Sylvia Plath's Daddy

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Throughout Sylvia Plath’s poem “Daddy,” The tone is found to be childishly innocent, kind of close to a lullaby, and extremely deranged and menacing. As it progresses the tone ranges from like a childlike adoration, where she puts the parent whose not there on a pedestal to a blunt like a disrespectful, distant and fearful adult. Even though Plath excels in tones, Plath keeps a deep and heavy dark style throughout the poem with her use of diction. “Daddy” is a confessional poem, put in a harsh, ill manner, matching too much of Plath’s work. With what is known about Sylvia Plath and her life, as expected her experiences reflect in her work in the form of her signature tone and style.
This poem begins in such a rhythmic way, like with Plath’s use of repetition in the first stanza. She started with, “You do not do, you do not do / any more,” Plus notice Plath’s
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The memories and facts that are given here have an angry irritated look what you did feel. Where as Plath’s has a more violent angry feel to it. She uses holocaust references and language to give you a sense of her pain. Where as, I use cartoon implications with a southern undertone to make my audience understand place and time frame. As well as other situations that the general “Daddy Issues” unknowingly led to.
Untitled begins with a undermining language with almost a petty since of stating facts. While also using the ways that my dad refers to himself in third person “Daddy Loves You” and “Daddy’s Sorry” his slang and way of apologizing in the same way one of my relationships would do. Letting the reader see the effects and correlation how your dad is your first example and stress that a lost child goes through. Drawing from Plath’s techniques of childish references and rhythm using the sound “oo”. I related back to the text using the same theme and topic, as Sylvia

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