In five pages the voice as featured in the important Plath poems 'Metaphors,' 'Daddy,' and 'Lady Lazarus' is analyzed. There are three sources cited in the bibliography.
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a variety of difficult subjects and inner struggles. Therefore, voice is very important in Plaths poetry, because she is giving voice to that which isnt often verbally expressed, and
therefore voice has particular meaning in these works. Through examination of Daddy, Lady Lazarus and Metaphors, it is apparent just how vital voice is to Plath, and how she
employs it to her best advantage. Daddy Daddy is the reminiscing of a woman recalling her childhood and thoughts
of her father, perhaps in this way representing the inner child in us all. This is the story of a little girl who believes her father to be both
the beginning and the end of her existence. And yet, interestingly, the poem actually represents the thoughts of a grown woman, although the voice of the little girl is
echoed in her reprisal of her father. In this way, Plath manages to successfully link the childhood of this woman to the end of her life, using the voice
of this piece to support this vital link. Clearly the voice of this poem belongs to a fragile, hurt, and
scared woman. While she is now grown and teetering on the brink of emotional despair, she recalls both the idolatry and anger of her childhood in relation to her
father. Clearly we can see how much she wanted her fathers love, and how much she wanted his recognition. And, in the wake of not receiving what she
wanted, her heart became frightened and bitter. You stand at the blackboard, daddy, In the picture I have of you, A cleft in your chin instead of