Nikki GiovanniAnd sometimes I sitdown at my typewriterand I thinknot of someonecause there isn't anyoneto thinkabout and i wonderis it worth it
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The quote below is by the English poet, Sylvia Plath. Her poem, "Daddy" was written about her father, who committed suicide when she was only six. The poem turns the world of an ordinary day into a precarious place filled with sorrow. In the poem, the speaker is creating a letter for her father to read to her. She begins by writing about how she feels about her father, but then she neatly transitions to writing about herself, which takes up nearly half of the poem.
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