In Piercy’s poem Barbie Doll she first depicts the birth of a “girlchild” this child was presented with the usual girl like toys. Makeup and dolls. Piercy uses repetition and death like diction to display that women are set against standards that sometime have drastic effects. Piercy first uses the repeated phrase of “nose and legs” after the girl has grown up and was starting to go through puberty when a classmate commented on her “great big nose and fat legs”. This lead to the girls insecurities about them. Although she was healthy and strong she still struggled with the thought of her “fat nose on thick thighs”. She was then advised to ignore them and exercise and diet. She still didn’t like who she was so she “cut off her nose and her
