To whom is this poem addressed?

To the narrator's (or speaker's) dead father

'You do not do, you do not do / Any more, black shoe' -- What effect do these lines create?

The beginning of the poem has a soft effect created by sibilance

The beginning of the poem sounds joyful

The beginning of the poem leads the reader to expect a nursery rhyme

The beginning of the poem leads the reader to expect a eulogy

The 'barb wire' in the sixth stanza is an allusion to...

the barbed wire of the concentration camps

the barbed wire surrounding the narrator's garden

the barbed wire of the First World War

the barbed wire of a farmer's field

'The snows of the Tyrol, the clear beer of Vienna / Are not very pure or true.' -- What do these lines imply?

The narrator wishes she were back in Austria

The narrator is not really a pure Aryan

Viennese beer is good, but the snows of the Tyrol are dirty

Austria has dirty snow and bad beer

Which of the following lines means that her husband drained her life and energy during their marriage?

'They are dancing and stamping on you.'

'And drank my blood for a year, / Seven years, if you want to know'

'The black telephone's off at the root'

'There's a stake in your fat black heart / And the villagers never liked you'

The narrator's father died when she was ten. What does she mean by 'I have had to kill you'?

The narrator wishes her father hadn't died naturally

The narrator wishes all men were dead

The narrator wishes she could be rid of the overburdening memory she has of her father

The narrator is saying the opposite of what she means

The narrator displays ambivalent feelings for 'Daddy'. Which of the following lines contradicts the tone of the rest of the poem?

'Brute heart of a brute like you'

'I have always been scared of you'

'At twenty I tried to die / And get back, back, back to you'

'They are dancing and stamping on you'

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GCSE English Poetry - Daddy Quiz

Explore Sylvia Plath’s poetic voice and emotional force in this GCSE English revision quiz analysing her powerful imagery, metaphors and tone in Daddy.

Written by Rebecca HughesReviewed by Dr. Emma ClarkeUpdated 17 Mar 2026

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Topic: Poetry Daddy

Questions: 10

Duration: 10 min

Difficulty: ★★ Medium

Focus: applying Poetry Daddy with consistent method and answer precision.

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Explore Sylvia Plath’s poetic voice and emotional force in this GCSE English revision quiz analysing her powerful imagery, metaphors and tone in Daddy.

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