Allusion No types of allusion were used in the poem Man In Black by Sylvia Plath.

Tone The tone used in the poem Man In Black was caustic, and disparaging because, of the way her father is viewed in her eyes dead, than alive. Figurative Language No types of figurative language were used in the poem Man In Black by Sylvia Plath. Theme I think the theme of this poem is unhealthy relationships Interpretation

The poem Man in Black is about, how Sylvia Plath sees her father as he is now, dead, then he was back then. Now she sees him as nothing more then a dead man buried in the ground. But when she was little, she was terrified of him.