Barbie Doll Analysis

I will be comparing the poem Marks by Linda Pastan and Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy. First, to start off both of the poems titles have to do something with body image, and how everyone views us. The setting of each poems are not made very clear, I see them from a mid 20s woman married in Marks by Linda Pastan and a younger girl going through middle school or high school with Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy. I think each poem is narrated by women for two reasons, one it was written by a woman and two it is about body image and I think that is a topic that leans more to females in general. Both of these poems are telling a story about what it is like to be a female with insecurities about appearance, personality, and always wanting to be the best they can be. Each of these poems is telling a different story but I think they are very similar when looking at in from a young woman 's point of view.
Each of these titles can have the different meaning from Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy view of that girls play with dolls, and lean towards more of the poem being about a female’s …show more content…
Because each poem is used for two different age groups I think the setting could be taken anywhere. In the poem Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy I could see the poem may be taking place in a school because of this line, “Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said:You have a great big nose and fat legs”(Piercy). In the poem Marks by Linda Pastan when I read it all I can think about is that the poem’s setting is out of a cookie cutter neighborhood with a cookie cutter house.Marks is setting is just trying to keep supporting your family and to keep your head above water. The last sentence is what I like the most about Mark’s, “Wait 'til they learn I 'm dropping out”(Pastan). This line represents putting you all into being a wife and a mother and that not always being enough, being tired she has finally decided to give up and “drop