Sylvia Plath Poetry Analysis

A Recurring Theme in Sylvia Plath’s Poetry
Sylvia Plath’s poetry speaks to readers of today because of its clear attack on the betrayed and powerless, emotions that many people understand.
The loss of a loved one is an emotional detachment shown in Plath’s writing that unites the reader’s feelings of helplessness to her own. Plath’s emotions became unbearable and lead to her suicide. Her pieces give evidence as to why she took her own life. She expresses how belittled and out of control she was in different events of her life through her poems. Through the absence of strong, male figures in her life and her wavering mental health, she created relatable and emotional poems. According to the article “Sylvia Plath”, her distant father passed away when she was eight years old. Her husband left her to pursue another woman just after their second child was born (Materer). Being a young girl and having a newborn baby need companionship and support to get through without trouble. When her father died and her
Phillips adds, “This hatred of men and the unhealthiness of her mental condition continue to ground the figures of ‘The Colossus’." Phillips also adds that Otto is Sylvia Plath’s “broken idol.” This reference was written to display that as a young girl, she wanted to have a strong adult in her life, but her father did not meet those standards. This lack of parental attention and love is the reason for the rejected tone in “The Colossus.” Margaret Dickie follows by saying, “"The Colossus" is Plath's admission of defeat and analysis of her own impotence.” Plath uses a flawed, ruined statue to symbolize the abandonment her father left her with when he passed away. In Plath’s poem “Lady Lazarus”, she presents yet another hinderance on her power and self confidence. The poem is generally about the suicidal manner of Plath. She does not understand how or why she is still