"The poem is spoken be a girl with an Electra complex. Her father died while she thought he was God" -Sylvia Plath

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Artists giving their work titles is a primarily 20th C thing. Prior to that the 'titles' were mostly just descriptive - e.g. The Madonna on the Rocks.

There is something of a discussion to be had about whether a title affects a piece for the better or worse, though like most things it would probably be best to approach on a case-by-case basis.