Analysis Of Daddy By Sylvia Platt - 901 Words

In the poem â€Å"Daddy† the main character explains his dislike of her father and how he is happy that he has died. He stated that she would have rather killed him herself. I believe that his father was a Nazi during the Holocaust. Initially when I first read the story I did not understand the meaning of it, but after reading it a second time I understood why the main character felt the way he felt. The main character was afraid to be around his father, He couldn’t even sneeze the wrong way around him. Her father is described as a big hefty man that she described as a â€Å"bag full of God†. She also felt as if she was not German because she had not learned the language and felt distant from him, she felt more like a Jew and even started talking like one. It is also revealed that she killed her husband and that her mother might be half Jewish. Sylvia Platt was and American poet Born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 27th, 1932. At a young age Platt found a liking to poetry and earning a scholarship to Smith College in 1950. During her years in college she interned for magazines as guest editors. In 1953 Platt attempted suicide by taking sleeping pills. She received help and returned to Smith and obtained her degree in 1955. After graduating from Smith she left America and traveled to England to attend Cambridge University where she met poet Ted Hughes. They married in 1956 and Platt continued to follow her dreams despite ongoing problem in her marriage. Platt then traveled back