This is probably one of Plath’s most iconic poems; we get a great insight here into the author’s life and inner turmoil, as she wrote this in October of 1962, only a few months before she took her own life. It consists of sixteen stanzas with five lines each (quintet) It’s worth reminding ourselves here that Plath’s father died when she was eight years old, so he was not around for her formative years. This is a poem full of metaphor and simile as the author attempts to express her innermost thoughts and feelings, yet still with a bit of a wall up. Note too that while the title is Daddy, the poem isn’t solely about Plath’s relationship with her father, but also with Hughes, particularly towards the end of the piece.
