Barbie Doll is a narrative written by jewish-American writer Marge Piercy, it was published in 1971. Piercy writes this poem during an era of second wave feminism (Grimes, Linda. Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll”. Letterpile). This poem is known for it’s message of how society’s expectations were for women and how pressuring it was for them. In this Poem the author uses personification, imagery and metaphor etc, to describe the meaning of this poem, and how the expectations of society can hurt.
Piercy uses Imagery effectively to demonstrate how the strong words give her readers a vivid picture about the concept she’s trying to make. In stanza 1 Piercy writes “and presented dolls that did pee-pee and miniature GE stoves and irons and wee lipsticks
Piercy uses Imagery effectively to demonstrate how the strong words give her readers a vivid picture about the concept she’s trying to make. In stanza 1 Piercy writes “and presented dolls that did pee-pee and miniature GE stoves and irons and wee lipsticks