There's a recording of Sylvia Plath reading the poem herself, which sort of makes anyone else reading it superfluous, like listening to the local bar band play The Beatles.
I agree. Hearing this hipster reading Sylvia did Sylvia zero justice. Sylvia was snarky and witty, not an angry emotional wreck when doing her readings. I think people are so use to being over dramatic to be heard that they think its the best way for people to listen.
@@purplepigs2252 Just out of curiosity, what "meaning" did you infer from the original piece? I ask only because Sylvia Plath didn't write Daddy about her own father. It was a fiction piece about a young woman with an Elektra complex. I think this young woman in the video turning the work into a personal piece connected to her own "daddy issues" is precisely the type of thing Plath would have immensely enjoyed.
This is an excellent rendition of Daddy. I love hearing other people recite in the tone that they felt the piece. No, this isn't how Plath read her piece. This is how Alyssa did it. And despite the hate in these comments, she did it well. ✌🏼🖤
Not just Daddy but a lot of Plath's most famous poems sound fantastic when recited as if they're freestyle rap! They're so musical and lyrical , spoken out loud which is how Plath said they ought to be read.
Alyssa...No words can describe what spirit you gave to the poem!!! You are really the second version of Plath as you are loaded with emotion.....Thanks for your lovely presentation
She said Plath's poem in the tone and with the intonation in which she said her own, and in my mind the two poems require the use of different approaches given the poems themselves. After hearing Sylvia Plath read her work it's interesting to hear "Daddy" said so differently from how the poetess herself read her own work.
I love this! I think she really embodied the rage and disappointment Sylvia depicts in this poems. It's like the author was getting rid of a burden that had been plaguing her - hence her being "through" at the end -, because she wrote this poem around six months before she took her life. It's about her dad, her ex-husband, her resentment; it's about killing and it's death. I think this girl here managed to turn it into something incredibly expressive, incorporating just the right amount of rage. It's kinda idiotic and unfair to expect that she would recite it like Sylvia herself did. I think she made it justice.
This poem is kind of a therapy for my depressed and angry soul ..... I cant tell him on his face that how much i hate him ..my tongue also stuck in barb wire snare 🙂... HE has been affecting my mental health for about last 6 years by abusing my mom mentally..... I hate him... Whenever he is around I feel agited , frustrated ... I dont wanna look at his face, i hate him .... Listening to this poem help me release frustration.. Sylvia's words r mine 🙂🥺..... Rest in Peace Sylvia.... ❤️
Sylvia has a more snarky, sad tone when reading this poem. It doesn't sound right reading this with so much anger. I dont think she was ever angry when it came to this poem. IDK, I cant take this video seirous after hearing the actual writer read it the way she wanted it to sound.
that was what i was thinking while seeing this. i have to preform this on Thursday and im researching other people who recited her poem but i cant seem to find any with the same emotion as Sylvia. i really want to capture what Sylvia was thinking when writing this piece however it seems to be impossible. she was and is a really inspiring poet/person.
I love how this young woman recites the piece. Plath didn't have daddy issues, and the poem Daddy wasn't even about her. It was a fiction piece. But here, Alyssa has translated it into something much more personal to her heart, and I believe Plath would enjoy such a thing.
Plath never said it had to sound the same way she read it or that it had to sound any particular way. She did say Daddy and the other Ariel poems were poems to be read out loud, which they are. They're very musical.
Sylvia wasnt angry when she read this poem, s ts weird that she is reading this poem in an angry tone. sylvia was sassy and witty. this reading doesnt reflect that. it just makes her sound like an angry brat.
17DaMaria It must have been an abandonment issue, and that she could not reconcile the reality of illness and death against her wish for her fathers presence. She described her father in terms of a jack booted tyrant at these times, I have no idea why. Perhaps it was the adolescent struggle against authority along with the feminist patriarchal theories so prevalent in the times within the universities of the time of her formal education. She was a wonderfully evocative poet, I sometimes wondered what she was evoking.
The fact that you don't understand doesn't give you the right to judge her. Why do you compare what her father did to her to what she "did" to her children? I think you are missing the point here. If you refer to her suicide, in order to understand the reasons, you have to go to her past. And I am sorry to tell you that only she knows what she went through. I can only say that I can feel the pain in her poems, and the fact that she attempted suicide many times and eventually killed herself shows that it was too much for her to deal with. Don't minimize her pain.
Sil Espindola I am sure that she minimized her own pain, yes? The silly girl killed herself over nothing much at all, and purposefully abandoned her children. Her father did not. She was weak and silly, and that is the fact of her. I have the right to judge anything I see in life, I sure as hell do not need the gift of my own judgements. Who could give me this right?
Now I see that you don't know or understand anything at all about depression or suicide, not even from a scientific point of view.. Plath suffered from an illness called DEPRESSION. Even if for you, it was nothing at all, it was unbearable for her. Her pain was valid just as yours or anybody else's. But she wasn't silly or weak. How can you be so disrespectful? Her husband didn't leave his children, but he was unfaithful to her. Mind that Assia Wevill, Ted Hughes' partner, also killed herlsef. I don't believe in coincidences. You don't even take into account the society she lived in or the historical context. You have to do a bit of research. It's not always about merely giving your opinion. But go ahead and say whatever you want. Just mind that if a friend or relative of yours is depressed and sucidal and you say what you think, they will kill themselves even faster. Your comment only shows your lack of information and EMPATHY. I will always admire Plath and her works. God bless you! I have nothing else to say.
7 years later, I came back to her vid again. Still gets goosebumps while watching. Phenomenal.
There's a recording of Sylvia Plath reading the poem herself, which sort of makes anyone else reading it superfluous, like listening to the local bar band play The Beatles.
I agree. Hearing this hipster reading Sylvia did Sylvia zero justice. Sylvia was snarky and witty, not an angry emotional wreck when doing her readings. I think people are so use to being over dramatic to be heard that they think its the best way for people to listen.
My thoughts exactly
diecast jam I completely agree this is not good... the meaning is gone now
@@purplepigs2252 Just out of curiosity, what "meaning" did you infer from the original piece? I ask only because Sylvia Plath didn't write Daddy about her own father. It was a fiction piece about a young woman with an Elektra complex. I think this young woman in the video turning the work into a personal piece connected to her own "daddy issues" is precisely the type of thing Plath would have immensely enjoyed.
I love her stage presence and how this performance is so stunning!
This is an excellent rendition of Daddy. I love hearing other people recite in the tone that they felt the piece. No, this isn't how Plath read her piece. This is how Alyssa did it. And despite the hate in these comments, she did it well. ✌🏼🖤
I honestly love both this woman’s and Sylvia’s readings of Daddy!
Not just Daddy but a lot of Plath's most famous poems sound fantastic when recited as if they're freestyle rap! They're so musical and lyrical , spoken out loud which is how Plath said they ought to be read.
Alyssa...No words can describe what spirit you gave to the poem!!! You are really the second version of Plath as you are loaded with emotion.....Thanks for your lovely presentation
I honestly love both this woman’s and Sylvia’s readings of Daddy!❤🩹
She brought the poem to live. Very, very powerful!
life*
She said Plath's poem in the tone and with the intonation in which she said her own, and in my mind the two poems require the use of different approaches given the poems themselves. After hearing Sylvia Plath read her work it's interesting to hear "Daddy" said so differently from how the poetess herself read her own work.
I love this! I think she really embodied the rage and disappointment Sylvia depicts in this poems. It's like the author was getting rid of a burden that had been plaguing her - hence her being "through" at the end -, because she wrote this poem around six months before she took her life. It's about her dad, her ex-husband, her resentment; it's about killing and it's death. I think this girl here managed to turn it into something incredibly expressive, incorporating just the right amount of rage. It's kinda idiotic and unfair to expect that she would recite it like Sylvia herself did. I think she made it justice.
I get that people are mad at her performance, but everyone reads poems differently, and this is her take on it.
Wish you a very Happy Birthday Sylvia. We're so glad to find you. Maybe one day I'll dedicate my book to you.
gut wrenching
just as i like it ~
She delivered it so smoothly..
This poem is kind of a therapy for my depressed and angry soul .....
I cant tell him on his face that how much i hate him ..my tongue also stuck in barb wire snare 🙂...
HE has been affecting my mental health for about last 6 years by abusing my mom mentally.....
I hate him... Whenever he is around I feel agited , frustrated ... I dont wanna look at his face, i hate him ....
Listening to this poem help me release frustration.. Sylvia's words r mine 🙂🥺.....
Rest in Peace Sylvia.... ❤️
Sylvia has a more snarky, sad tone when reading this poem. It doesn't sound right reading this with so much anger. I dont think she was ever angry when it came to this poem. IDK, I cant take this video seirous after hearing the actual writer read it the way she wanted it to sound.
that was what i was thinking while seeing this. i have to preform this on Thursday and im researching other people who recited her poem but i cant seem to find any with the same emotion as Sylvia. i really want to capture what Sylvia was thinking when writing this piece however it seems to be impossible. she was and is a really inspiring poet/person.
she raps!
I love how this young woman recites the piece. Plath didn't have daddy issues, and the poem Daddy wasn't even about her. It was a fiction piece. But here, Alyssa has translated it into something much more personal to her heart, and I believe Plath would enjoy such a thing.
@@kotunyfm And it sucks.
Plath never said it had to sound the same way she read it or that it had to sound any particular way. She did say Daddy and the other Ariel poems were poems to be read out loud, which they are. They're very musical.
Amazing! Completely drew me in
Strong and I loved it
Chills. Brilliantly done!
Outstanding performance
I am going to Sub District with this poem Pls pray for me 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Did you win in the sub district?
I hate u Daddy..
This Poem is dedicated to u 🙂..
Wrost thing Ever happened to us is u Daddy, I hate u...
This poem makes me 😪 weep, it so close to 🏠 home, in my heart and mind, it is expressed so well,
WOOOOOWWWWWWWW OH MY GOD THIS IS SOOO GOOD!! U go girl!
me encanto
Does anyone know who this girl is? She's amazing!
Sylvia 💙
Does it sound like maia mayors perfect?
Genius
Excellent- perfectly read .
I love your name
You do not do, you do not do
Very powerful
❤️
She's cute. Wonder if she has a date for the superbowl.
nice..different from Plath's reading ...but at least not a copy
hard to say... better then any...
I prefer her own poem
Why do all Slam poets sound exactly the same when they read. Every single piece.
This is how imagine Eminem would read daddy
hipster
Laughable
Soren Aleksander "Laughable"? Explain. Just curious. Thanks.
Sylvia wasnt angry when she read this poem, s ts weird that she is reading this poem in an angry tone. sylvia was sassy and witty. this reading doesnt reflect that. it just makes her sound like an angry brat.
FebruarysBlog Sylvia's voice broke.
Sorry but the only reading which I'll ever take seriously is Plath's.
The man died from complications from diabetes. What in the world is this all about? Did the father do to her what she did to her children?
Richard Davis I feel the same way; I never understood all the anger towards her father; mind boggling.
17DaMaria
It must have been an abandonment issue, and that she could not reconcile the reality of illness and death against her wish for her fathers presence. She described her father in terms of a jack booted tyrant at these times, I have no idea why. Perhaps it was the adolescent struggle against authority along with the feminist patriarchal theories so prevalent in the times within the universities of the time of her formal education. She was a wonderfully evocative poet, I sometimes wondered what she was evoking.
The fact that you don't understand doesn't give you the right to judge her. Why do you compare what her father did to her to what she "did" to her children? I think you are missing the point here. If you refer to her suicide, in order to understand the reasons, you have to go to her past. And I am sorry to tell you that only she knows what she went through. I can only say that I can feel the pain in her poems, and the fact that she attempted suicide many times and eventually killed herself shows that it was too much for her to deal with. Don't minimize her pain.
Sil Espindola
I am sure that she minimized her own pain, yes? The silly girl killed herself over nothing much at all, and purposefully abandoned her children. Her father did not. She was weak and silly, and that is the fact of her. I have the right to judge anything I see in life, I sure as hell do not need the gift of my own judgements. Who could give me this right?
Now I see that you don't know or understand anything at all about depression or suicide, not even from a scientific point of view.. Plath suffered from an illness called DEPRESSION. Even if for you, it was nothing at all, it was unbearable for her. Her pain was valid just as yours or anybody else's. But she wasn't silly or weak. How can you be so disrespectful? Her husband didn't leave his children, but he was unfaithful to her. Mind that Assia Wevill, Ted Hughes' partner, also killed herlsef. I don't believe in coincidences. You don't even take into account the society she lived in or the historical context. You have to do a bit of research. It's not always about merely giving your opinion. But go ahead and say whatever you want. Just mind that if a friend or relative of yours is depressed and sucidal and you say what you think, they will kill themselves even faster. Your comment only shows your lack of information and EMPATHY. I will always admire Plath and her works. God bless you! I have nothing else to say.
I am sure you are good in different areas but dont read any slyvia plaths poetries outloud okay , thanks
It's rushed...
Appropriating the Holocaust over...
...daddy issues.