Thursday, May 31, 2012

Poetry Analysis: "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” is about her relationship between full of metaphors of her relationship with her own father.


Plath takes revenge through her father’s death and husband’s death, for which she made into a model of her father. She has been tormented throughout with the hatred of her father and at the same time, her guilt for hating her father. In order for Plath to move on with her life, she had to erase her father from her thoughts. The poem “Daddy” shows the damage that surfaced through her life, and she claims to be finally done with him by claiming to be a Jew as in the lines “I began to talk like a Jew/I think I may well be a Jew”, in which made her father see her as a Nazi enemy. Verse thirteen the lines, “And they stuck me together with glue/And then I knew what to do/I made a model of you,” the finding of her husband, a “man in black with a Meinkampf look.”

Plath writes this poem to express herself, how her relationship with her father made an impact on her life up to the day she died. One way it made an impact, is her marriage to a man that was similar to her father. “Daddy” is about the emotional growth she lacked as she was growing up and the feeling of abandonment as a young child. If her father had remained into her adult life, she might have had the opportunity to deal with the anger and hatred she feels towards him.

The last line of the poem, “Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I’m through,” is a very strong and powerful statement. Finally finding closure, admitting, accepting the hatred and the way her father was.

Plath did not think highly of her father at all, in fact she says, “But no less a devil for that…” in the eleventh verse. If one would thinks about it, it is “like” he was a “Nazi Devil.” Then she decided that she wanted to die at the age of twenty, “At twenty I tried to die,” in order to get back at her father, or so she thought it would. Then realizing he would not have cared one way or another if she was dead or alive because she was dead before being dead.





Sunday, May 27, 2012

Rock Bottom

Rock bottom.
How will I know I hit rock bottom?
Will it hurt, or will I not feel a thing?
The constant wondering.
The constant looking.
The constant wandering place to place.
Rock bottom.
Does everyone hit rock bottom at some point
or is it select individuals? 
Is it lonely there?

Friday, May 18, 2012

Please Lord

Please Lord,
I am down on my knees,
praying, begging you,
please don't let this be the end.
All my life I've struggled to get what I want,
to accomplish the things that I have, but I never quit, I kept going no matter how much heartache it caused me.
So, Please Lord, don't bail out on me now,
let me accomplish this, I am so close, I can smell it.
Oh my Lord,
I've come a long way,
I have opened my heart to you,
I have let you in and accepted that you are the one in charge.
Please Lord,
let me show you,
let me show them all,
that I can do this,
that I am serious,
Please Lord.
Amen.

just a greeting

Hello all! It's been a few days since I have written anything. Been a rough couple weeks, since the semester has ended. Boy! Am I glad that it is over until the fall, I need a break from homework and focus on other stuff. I never really realized how much school can consume someone as much as it does. By the time one is done with homework, if there is anytime left over, you just don't feel doing a damn thing. I am almost done there to the finish line, three more semesters then I will have my Bachelor's Degree! It's been a long and bumpy road, with some sharp, unexpected turns. However, I can do it and will succeed in accomplishing this task.
Another day, in the day and life of a poet. How exciting and thrilling it shall be. It may not at the moment, but my life is still going and there is many more places for me to go and see and lots of people to meet along the way. As I go this journey I will write of all that I see and of all the people I meet and share with the rest of you.
Good day to all, and hope all your dreams and goals become reality. Signing off for now.

Monday, May 14, 2012

MAY 13th 2012

May 13, 2012

It is just not right today,
today should be a happy day.
Instead, a day of sorrow and disbelief still,
a day that will never be the same for as long as I shall live.

Want so much to pick up the phone,
call you, tell you about my week,
hear your voice. I can almost hear it now.

Trying to stand as tall and proud as you once did,
trying to smile big like you do,
Living life to its fullest, trying not to worry too much,
only brings on stress.
You always tried to have a smile on your face,
no matter what,
I guess I get that from you,
along with a few other traits,
like my stubborness, independency, all good qualities; I think.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Climbing

I am climbing and climbing the mountain,
never to reach the top, or so it seems.
Climb and climb as I go forth,
to get knocked down again and again.
Why should I keep climbing, just to get knocked
down over and over-

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

What the hell was I thinking last week and not working out at all?
Will not attempt that again.
So much for trying to take advantage of every minute in the day, to study for finals,
Working out will prove to produce better exam results.