Tone Of The Poem Daddy

The poem “Daddy” is written in free verse which has no specific rhyme scheme but it consist of many end and internal rhymes. She uses a sort of nursery rhyme, singsong way of dialogue with short lines, and repeated rhymes. The words like "Jew," "through," "do,” “you” shows that the oo sound is overpowering in the poem which gives a childish cadence. Through this she tries to establish and highlights her status as a child in relation to her authoritative father. Throughout the poem the tone varies from childlike adoration and admiration to that of a horrendous and desperate adult. Her repeated use of the word “you” emphasis that facts that she is extremely mad with her father and is not addressing him with respect. And also points out all
the fault that he committed in his life time and how others think of him. Plath builds her anger throughout the poem by winding up lines frequently with “you”, until in the end, when it’s exploding with anger and curse him.