Daddy | Sylvia Plath - Line by Line Explanation

Daddy by Sylvia Plath is a poem misunderstood by most readers and critics. it is full of complex symbolism and tricky metaphors. This video is a complete class lecture with line-by-line explanation, analysis of themes and discussion on the symbols of the poem. Watch till the end to discover what the poem is really about. A must-watch for students of American Literature and Feminism.
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00:00 Intro
05:21 Text
36:58 Between the Lines
Related Links
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Sylvia Plath Documentary: • Sylvia Plath documenta...
Sylvia Plath with Ted Highes Interview (1961): • Video
Sylvia Plath Interview(1962): • Sylvia Plath Interview.
Frieda Hughes Website: www.friedahugh...
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Monami Mukherjee, working as Assistant professor of English at Hingalganj Mahavidyalaya, has a teaching experience of over 15 years. She got her education at Lady Brabourne College and University of Calcutta. She completed her MPhil from Calcutta University and has worked in St Xavier’s Institution, Panihati Mahavidyalaya and Hingalganj Mahavidyalaya. She has delivered invited talks in Post Graduation Classes at Lady Brabourne College and Taki Government College. She takes special interest in issues of Feminism, Post-colonialism and Modernism. She is known for her conversational style of teaching and grasp of core concepts in literature.
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[@monalisadutta43]

I can't even begin to put in words how excellent this was! I had to take 5 mins break just to unwind from all the emotions. Such an engrossing poem. I forgot the count of time. Thank you Maam for such an amazing explanation and also for encouraging to put our own inputs into our writings. To be honest i have to watch it again as I missed some of the slides while listening and looking at you😅. Wish there were more similarities in UG and PG syllabus.

[@NibblePop]

If there were more similarities then you would all get lazy😂

[@monalisadutta43]

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[@Sidesmokeml]

Never thought you tube lectures would be this good.. I really forgot this lecture is 1 hour long 😂

[@NibblePop]

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[@snehit-chan]

Thats how a teacher should be teaching, i enjoyed too😍....

[@shwetaailawadi8150]

Omygod. This was a mindblowing experience indeed. No one could've imagined thinking the way you did. You deserve standing ovations👏

[@anshikasrivastava8018]

Huge respect for you ma'am ..the way you explained this poes is just brilliant...when I started reading this poem I was very confused what Sylvia plath wants to convey..she is contradictory her own words in this poem.. and i thought that she just wrote this in her anger but after watching this video I must say I have developed a huge respect for her...the world needs more like her and you are just amazing..words can't describe how I'm feeling right now... reality should be come infront of all.. looking forward for more such explanation...thank you so much 💗

[@santaghosh4362]

I'm literally speechless to how this video turned out to be one of the best explanations for me...I have never watched a hour video without skipping but this one was surprisingly exceptional...your explanation and the facts that you provided is amazing...I would be watching more of your videos from now on...thank you so much ma'am ❤️✨

[@BK_Aditya]

An explosion of creativity, colors, and emotions, leaving minds in awe. Thank you so much ma'am! 🤍🤍🤍

[@NibblePop]

❤️❤️

[@chhotonmandal-of5mp]

I love your logic and the way how you interpreted that complicated poem . And now I have gained the confidence that I can write any question from this poem even without doing any tutions and classes but watching your video . Thank you ma'am ❤

[@briti]

Ma'am please make a video on Silvia Plath's poem "Lady Lazarus" .

[@rabibarik1931]

Chinua Achebe, Things fall Apart Crime and punishment Fyodor dostoyvesky Madame bovary Gustave Flaubert Bend in the river v s. Naipaul Blow up Julio cortazar Bora ring Judith wright Mahasweta Devi Draupadi Beloved Toni Morrison. Daddy video lectures very interesting lectures thanks ma'am

[@Annie-bt2up]

This is the first 1 hour I spent on a lecture and didn't want it to end. Thank you maam.

[@shadokpamsusmita3542]

I wish I had a teacher like you during my master’s class ❤

[@debjanibanerjee895]

Ma'am all the points you mentioned about the portrayal of a very masculine tyrant in this poem, the figure of famous poet Ted Hughes as an oppressive husband and Sylvia's mental trauma and frustration she expresses as a poetic persona--it shook my inner conscience and emotions...thanks a lot ma'am for teaching us this well❤

[@danonymousd]

Thank u so much maam... Your teaching skill helped me a lot...and i successfully completed my honours with 75% marks

[@NibblePop]

That's great ❣️❣️

[@Themobong]

Your description narration explanation and critical analysis are the best free available resources Internet. thank you

[@esshhhaaa6521]

I dont have words to express my gratitude for this humble and helpful explanation ❤️✨

[@ghizlanezouhairi3396]

Thank you so much for this useful analysis

[@nishisingh167]

HUGE APPLAUSE for your efforts.Deeply touched.❤

[@manirakhatun9492]

Ma'am you are my best teacher. How easily you explained the thing. You are the best. And I'm totally agree to your point of view.

[@vismayanhattuthala5319]

What a great women... What a great teacher... Feel in love with your strong words and Ideas.

[@NibblePop]

Oh your words are so heartwarming

[@kuhusarkar6097]

Amazing lecture mam...i feel like am sitting in a university classroom. Thank you for bringing such amazing video & making us to think in another way. Take my love and respect 🙏

[@zoyaarora1570]

I can't tell you how grateful i feel to have your interpretation of this poem. I m in love w Sylvia💜

[@NibblePop]

Don't forget to watch Emily Dickinson too (going to be published on 12th)

[@sabiyakhatun9028]

After listening your explanation on this poem, it seems that all doubts become clear . Now I understand it properly. Thanks a lot mam. If you give one more video on the text "A portrait of the artist as a young man" I will be grateful to you 🙏🙏

[@naveedakhtar527]

Marvelous interpretation

[@livyavarghese2707]

That was an Eye-opener for me.. Expecting more such lectures from you ❤

[@a.d4024]

Mesmerizing lecture... salute 🙏

[@TheEnglishOpedia]

Thank you Dear Ma'am so much for teaching us this poem in a nice way! 😊 You taught it in a better way than my English Literature teacher....

[@gongshuohu1240]

Absolutely engrossing and riveting lecture. It educates and elucidates the poem so meticulosly with support of facts and valid interpretations. Thrilling to listen to discover what's between the lines. Devastatingly brilliant and shocking towards the end, It takes a brilliant mind to uncover the tortured brilliance of Sylvia Plath. And this is the first time I came across her poem. Many grateful thanks. Robert from SG.

[@NibblePop]

Thank you for your lovely comment and appreciation. Just one small qs, what does SG stand for?

[@khushibutt586]

Wooow, I wish to have you my all time teacher

[@sonalimurmu8704]

I have got many new ideas from this poem which I have not got before . wonderful lecture ❤❤

[@shivanibahl3068]

loved the way you explained this poem . Highly appreciable !! 👌👌

[@amitpramanick8954]

💝finally I get someone who can give a reliable explanation of this poem

[@rishikamarethia9220]

Dear mam , Thanks for such a critically viewed analysis of this poem , the in between lines observation which you stressed upon is really something to be focused at , I completely agree with what you told , Also since she lost her father at the age of 8, how can she even has so many experiences or judgements for him , there's a grief of loss of fatherhood , she's recreating the image of daddy with her husband now, ...thank you so much for this observation , your lectures are always an enrichment for us the students.. 🌼🌼🥰❤️

[@ramitbiswas7154]

Please ma'am don't stop making the videos It's very much helpful 😃

[@mahendrasamanta7601]

Your interpretation changes my view to see this poem from a different angle😍

[@K_F_fox]

The first time I read the poem, I assumed "barely daring to breath or Achoo" was a metaphor. But my wife... her mother threatened to beat her as a child if she didn't stop burping (which was due to a hernia and food intolerances), and her grandmother threatened to beat her mother for coughing (which was due to asthma). Many spiritual practices involve the control of breathing, as it is both an involuntary and voluntary action. Why wouldn't a controlling, abusive parent want to exercise that level of control?

[@subarnasaha8210]

Very much different aspect, analysis of between the lines is very much to the point and clear

[@shrikantpradhan680]

Great analysis, Mam . Thanks a lot.

[@33niharikasingh56]

Thank you ma'am, it was a wonderful lecture. You changed my whole perspective towards this poem.

[@tashinakhatun6028]

Most satisfied with this interpretation than any other I have heard 🔥

[@safasajeer4450]

Thank you ma'am..you covered all points.. there's no need of further reference

[@rameshanm6128]

Awesome...expecting more.....❤

[@joycebasu9626]

This is such a in-depth explanation man

[@sejalsingh8943]

beautiful poem and even more mesmerising explaination, i ve read the poem earlier and even i was not able to relate how cud a daughter hate her father so much tht too when she was so little when he died but the way u explained relating it wd ted hughes along wd suitable examples from the text itself and even from her personal life nd interviews made me more convinced...thank u for ur efforts mam ,,,, awaiting for more videos ahead

[@priyadarshini688]

Thankyou so so so much mam. The way you explained the whole poem and added your perspective it's marvellous. So thankful❤

[@shizukaminamoto6662]

Very good analysis of the whole poem. Each and every part of the poem is covered in the analysis. Can you please make a video on the poem "Widow" by Plath?

[@prvnkr4063]

i will gladly share this perspective in my exams cz i can understand ur point and it amazes me .. thank you for ur efforts.

[@trinabasak8627]

madam, your way of explanation with a deep analysis and background study is absolutely amazing...Can you please make a video on "Lady Lazarus" next time?

[@shreyagon5833]

Thank you so much Ma'am for your invaluable lecture.. Definitely your explanations are out of express.. please continuing your lecture about anything of the text, textual matter of English hons students..

[@tejaswinivenkatesh3443]

Amazing lecture mam the way you have lucidated the poem is so beautiful thank you so much mam for helping to see the poem in a different light

[@satarupaganguly3271]

ohhh god!! Such an emotionally packed lecture. Thankyou soo much ma'am.

[@NibblePop]

Yes, it was one of my most emotional classes.

[@shivangipathak6800]

Best lecture i have ever came across ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@aadila457]

Rushed with emotions! Thank you so much!

[@aadila457]

@nibblepop Maam please make more videos on Sylvia poems And in Linguistics ( Theories by Saphir , Chomsky)

[@MoonLight-og7gf]

Thank you!!

[@sayheytodia29]

Mam, I can't thank you enough for this one. We have this poem in third semester of ug. The way you explained the whole poem helped me understand it better. You're literally the best teacher I have ever come across my life. Please keep making such videos. Mam I have a request. If you kindly make more videos on ug syllabus it would be very much helpful for us ug students. Thank you. ❤️

[@anuankita]

What a wonderful session it was!!!! 😊 U have proved ur explaination with so much valid points....ur explaination accords with such a well-honed poem...

[@abhishekghosh6445]

Such an enriching experience. Great Ma'am 👍

[@championbrothers-rayyanraz1046]

Wow! Amazing lecture Mam👌👌really need these kind of classes👍👍

[@aarushiyadav5563]

Ma'am you have explained it so well. I have no words to explain my admiration for you.. Ma'am, please make an another video on the poem written by the same poet known as 'Lady Lazarus'. A humble request ma'am.

[@dishaburman1581]

Thank you so much Ma'am Amazing explanation ❤

[@mirshapt5270]

Much love❤... Thanku.. Expct more... U are a great teacher... .. Love

[@elainaedwards6166]

This was truly incredible!

[@jitdas2236]

I love this interpretation of yours...it made me rethink over many points and I got a bold perspective over it, thanks ma'am ❤️🙏

[@radhevishnoi6734]

Splendid coverage, thanks a lot Ma'am

[@rajkumarshaw6888]

yours videos are just wow☺️ thanks for your support in this subject..

[@krishnakshis9288]

Great explanation.. really loved it and looking forward for more such

[@shadiyasaif3884]

i had been thinking in this perspective after doing a thorough background research on Sylvia Plath and was highly confused with many peoples' interpretations. Your content, way of presentation and everything is highly impressive mam. was an outstanding lecture ,,,👍🥰. Love from Kerala 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@aasthapatel1612]

Thankyou for this amazing lecture mam!❤

[@nipuniekanayake216]

Awesome explanation 🎉

[@shreyagupta1914]

Thank you so much madam for this excellent explanation❤your thoughts about this poem also triggered me to deeply think about this poem.... And at lest i am in your side madam 😇thank you for provoking us to thought beyond conventional explanation🙏💕

[@utkarshk5731]

What a great interpretation I'm really speechless how did you put your views 👏👏👏

[@afzolhussainhussain-nl9sc]

Thanks ma'am

[@vinitas20]

Great work ma'am

[@hadisakhatun1032]

This is very helpful for me ❤️❤️ thank you ma'am

[@upashnalimbu7074]

Ma'am can you do lady lazarus

[@deeparamanathan6772]

My God, I am still in a trance, your words have cast their magic spell on me. Your explanation too.....None of the Dictionaries have the word to describe it. I say the bestest if there's a superlative degree Just a thought--Could it be that her mother had an affair with a guy,( the reason for her hating her mother so much), who was like a father figure who bossed about when she was young to the extent of her hating him

[@NibblePop]

Very interesting thought indeed! Who knows! Anything is possible

[@lively_saumya]

Ma'am, I am little bit confused...why did she heavily use German words if she is not addressing her father? Because it is certain that he might be either a German or Polish, not very explicit but still... And I would like to thank you for presenting a different viewpoint that to with such proofs for which you must have done some rigorous research. We couldn't think that she could have used the word "Daddy" for Ted Hughes. I feel like we have only been studied Plath very superficially till now. But thank you for sharing this. Will surely try to spread this perspective.

[@ankurkumar-kk1gc]

beautifully explained.indebted to you for this

[@sandipon4177]

Thanks for the amazing explanation Ma'am.One more point I would like to add in the favour of the argument that "Daddy" is most probably her husband, She says "....The vampire who said it was you And drank my blood for a year, SEVEN years,if you want to know..." Their marriage lasted exactly for SEVEN years as they got married in 1956 and divorced in 1963.In these SEVEN years he tortured her or as she says, "drank my blood".Please correct me if I'm wrong.I'm just a student of English literature.

[@NibblePop]

You have a very valid point there

[@bravo2457]

Mam, your lectures are excellent💯

[@diptikumari4930]

Thank you ma'am for this wonderful explanations ❤️. Pta nahi ap na hoti tho ye kaise ho .i am fully dependent on your vedios . You are angel for me 😊.

[@ganthaswaroopan7978]

It was very amazing class mam

[@shanbaruah8076]

Thanks alot , thank-you mam. Perfect 🥰🥰🥰🥰💕

[@shreyamaity2783]

Really I got a unique explanation from you...👌👌 My gratitude to you 🙏🙏

[@subhamsarkar9950]

Make a video on Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath also..

[@bibeksarkey2624]

Thank you ma'am. It is very helpful.

[@tariniyasheswani3439]

Ma'am please make a video for analytical answering of' Bliss'.

[@rajkumarshaw6888]

This was wonderful ❤️ Try to make a video on the hollow men by t.s Eliot... Please Ma'am

[@debankadey7357]

It felt like a good researched lecture

[@victoriavitorio8672]

thank you so much for this ❤️

[@BhumikaKaushik05]

Ma'am pls make a video on lady lazarus before 26thof dec .Its a request.Btw loved the explanation 😭😭♥️♥️♥️

[@Little_Star143]

I've found this video on other channels . But why they I don't know only go through the lines and most importantly that type of video can't extract out the deeper sense of the poem. What is this video showed me . Thanks Mam . It was the best video for Honors students , though it take time but doesn't matter .

[@NibblePop]

Sylvia Plath spent a lifetime on poetry. So it is only justified that we spend an hour or two😊 Literature demands patience, and time. Only then can we enjoy it and not feel panicked by the enormity of syllabus. Good luck dear and thanks so much

[@pawankumarbishnoi7718]

Great work ma'am ✨

[@Sidesmokeml]

Ma'am would you please give us explanation on Eunice De Souza's 'Advice to Women'

[@sitatudu3009]

Listen 4 time and never get bored

[@ayazulhaq6040]

Thank you very much

[@seaofliterature6158]

Madam,your explanation is really engaging and thought provoking indeed. Can you please upload video/share critical annotated notes on The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost? I'd be very grateful to you.

[@NibblePop]

Thanks for the suggestion. Will try.

[@sangitadas5981]

It was a very incisive discussion..Well done

[@ashishkumarshaw3722]

Refreshing insights. 👍

[@milfbangerbhabhilover9771]

Ay, this is in cc5 of Calcutta University English Hons ug course. Very useful video as exam is tomorrow and I haven't really prepared for this poem

[@NibblePop]

Hope it helped.

[@Divinity0402]

Please make a video on Lady Lazarus

[@kankanaaaaaa]

Ma'am please cover W.B Yeats' 'The Second Coming' and 'Leda and the Swan ' too🙏🏼