Poetry Portfolio

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24 April 2009

Comparative Analysis of Two Poems

Two poems penned by two powerful female voices who have made immense contributions in the literary world make very interesting and insightful study . Sylvia Plath 's Daddy ' and Adrienne Rich 's Diving Into the Wreck ' are two remarkable poems that have striking similarities and differences . In terms of type of poetry , Daddy ' is a lyrical poem that expresses without inhibition the sentiments of a daughter - Sylvia Plath - for a father whom she depicts in a tyrannical , almost violent

br and brutal sort of way . Plath expresses in the 10th stanza , for instance , Every woman adores a Fascist / The boot in the face , the brute / Brute heart of a brute like you (Perkins and Perkins 1666 Plath clearly expresses her angsts here about one of the pivotal men in her life , a detached father with an imperious and remote personality (and ) gave his children personal attention for only thirty minutes each day (Axelrod , par . 3 . The poet also refers to another person , her husband Ted Hughes , who became part of her personal world and became a father figure , but who robbed her of her spirit , and she compared him to a vampire in the 15th stanza of her poem : The vampire who said he was you / and drank my blood for a year (Perkins Perkins 1667 Here , Sylvia Plath clearly referred to her husband , with whom she had a falling out . Sylvia Plath likewise expresses a sense of relief in...