Daddy by Sylvia Plath

The poem “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath is a very dark poem. I believe that this poem is about her dad and how he pretty much screwed her over in life. The poem ends with a very strong line of “Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I’m through.” (80). I believe that this line shows that she is done with any connection she had with her dad and never wants to know anything about him ever. The whole last stanza is actually quite disturbing because she talks about how “There’s a stake in [his] fat black heart / And the villagers never liked [him]” (76-77). This shows that her dad was a man that was not very liked by the people around him. The line “They are dancing and stamping on you” shows that her dad was not a very respectable man and that people for sure did not like him (78). In all, I thought this poem was very disturbing because I would never write anything about my father.