Many people view poems and other writings in different ways, there is no right or wrong way to interpret someone's work, it is simply your point of view; your opinions. In the poem “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath, many might say that it was about a difficult relationship she had with her father, but how do we know? It could be about her father, her husband, a strong authority figure, or even God. But, as I read “Dad,” I had a strong feeling that it was mostly about her father. The poem suggests that she was in an unhealthy relationship with him or that she was angry at him for leaving her. In the poem, Plath says “I have always been afraid of you” (41); I see this as she may not have had the best relationship with him. Maybe it was offensive or mean. Maybe he was cold hearted. But the truth is, for some reason, she was distraught over her father's death. Earlier in the poem she writes about how she tried to reach him. She wanted to kill herself so she could be with him up there in heaven. At the beginning of his poem he uses the word “black” which I feel to express his emotions. Black symbolizes death and darkness and that's exactly how it felt. She prayed for him to come back but he didn't, so she got mad at him for it. In many areas of the poem he uses very dark words and very strong language. In many cases, we cannot fully understand the meaning of his sentences based solely on the fact that he wrote this poem in the 1960s. It is a rather difficult poem, but at the same time brilliant. The poem was written uniquely and each stanza gives off tons of information and emotion. I think this poem was written so strongly because she felt so strongly for her father. She hated that he left her, she missed him. So instead of sitting…middle of paper…I read about his life, and see that it was more than that. It was about how he felt and how he wanted to express his feelings. He went through a great depression after his father's death and this poem proves it. She tried to kill herself to get to him. Even though Sylvia Plath obviously had some issues with depression and was quite emotionally unstable, I think this was a brilliant poem in which she was able to express herself. Works Cited Reuben, Paul P. "Chapter 10: Sylvia Plath." PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide. URL: http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap10/plath.html.Plath, Sylvia. "Dad" Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. Ed. XJ Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 11. Ed.New York: Longman, 2010, 1074-1075. Press.