As is true of many of Sylvia Plath's poems, “Dad” is deeply rooted in her life experiences. It highlights her complex, multidimensional relationship with Otto Plath and the traumatic effect of his death. The speaker despises her late father for his abandonment, but attempts to achieve independence from this figure who causes much pain and suffering. Through the structure, themes, and imagery of this poem, we can see the development of this constant internal struggle. The speaker in "Daddy" is largely negative and anxious about his predicament. The rigid, organized stanzas demonstrate the linear nature of the speaker's thoughts. Additionally, Plath develops the rhyme scheme with words like “do,” “shoe” (2), “Achoo” (3),” and “you (4), which gives the poem structure in the way these sounds repeat . The lines of "Daddy" contain repetitions themselves: "You don't, you don't" (1), "Of wars, wars, wars" (18), "Ich, ich, ich, ich" (223). This rhythm and repetition in the first twelve stanzas collectively reveal the speaker's inability to move beyond the childish perception of a fat....