Sylvia Plath=s Confessional Poem, ADaddy@ Sylvia Plath reveals herself in her confessional poem ADaddy@. She uses strong imagery and powerful speech to show her attitudes towards her late father, Otto Plath and her husband, Ted Hughes, who also hurt her in the end. Her tone implies a strong hatred and disgust for the relationships with both men. The poem was written in 1963 which happened to be the same year that she committed suicide. Plath …showed first 75 words of 1054 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1054 total…attitude towards men. There was never such powerful closure as Plath last line addressed to her father, ADaddy, daddy, you bastard, I=m through.@(80) Sad to note that she was really *through=, she killed herself the same year ending a life of troubles and writings of excellence. Bibliography Work Cited Henderson, Gloria Mason, Bill Day and Sandra Stevenson Waller, eds. Literature and Ourselves: A Thematic Introduction for Readers and Writers. 2nd ed. New York: Longman, 1997. 139.