Sylvia Plath is said to be one of the most prodigious, yet interesting, confessional poets of her time. She was an extremely vital poet of the post-World War II period and expressed her feelings towards her father and her husband through her poetry. Plath's mental illness had a dramatic influence on her work where she demonstrated the hatred she had specifically for her father. The poem “Daddy” is an easily applicable example. Within this work, Plath uses direct references to how she feels about her father who had the greatest influence on her poetry. The bond, or lack of, between Sylvia Plath and her "daddy" is commonly associated with the purpose of her poetry. Her father died when Plath was only ten years old and this created a huge amount of stress in the family as her mother was trying to raise her children as a single mother. Her father's death forced her mother, Aurelia, to work two jobs, sell her house, and move the family to support the children. Dealing with the death of a husband is extremely difficult to deal with, without the added stress of a limited amount of money trying to buy food and put a roof over your children's heads. The reason why Plath created such extreme hatred is very easily visible if one analyzes the situation in which Sylvia had to mature. Many of the most elite critics have focused analytically on Plath's work and have come to the conclusion that the relationship between Plath and her father in her early years had an impact that continued to reflect her poetry for many years afterwards. one to listen to, the anger within the poem “Daddy” can force you to tremble in fear as the abandonment felt by Plath is easily conveyed. The critic Paul... middle of the paper... the problem of the negative relationship he had with his father is the reality of the facts. Examining Sylvia Plath's current biography is enough to connect the two parallels. Any child abandoned by a parent at a young age is liable to blame the parent for all the problems he or she had during childhood. Obviously Plath's father would have to shoulder at least some of the blame for the struggle Plath's family faced after her death. Plath's mother had to go through a substantial battle and give up much of the life she once had to focus on her children and attempt to provide them with a concrete family life in which to mature. The sacrifices she had to make angered Plath, as she was commonly considered a feminist. While critics may evaluate Plath's work and other people's opinions of her work, her biography is enough to support my thesis.