Poem Analysis: Girls Body Image

During the process of writing my poem, I have done some research on my topic which is on girls body image because it helps my poem to have some information that backs up how girls body images also makes an impact on society. For my poem, I used rhymes such as ending rhymes, internal rhymes, and slant rhymes. I used these types of rhymes because it makes the poem flow better, sound better and to make it “stick” into the reader's or the listener’s mind. The way these rhymes were used was quite random. It’s employed whenever it seems to make the poem flow. I have also used imagery in my poem. This can be found in the lines “Having my hair twisted and turned into braids,”, “Wearing narrow stockings with skin tight dresses”, and “My stomach sucked …show more content…
The line “My stomach sucked in as if I'm wearing a Victorian corset.” is also another example of simile and as well as an allusion. First of all it’s a simile because I’m comparing sucking my stomach like I’m wearing a Victorian Corset since the action of sucking in the stomach is like wearing one of those corsets as they are very tight. It’s also an allusion because it is a reference to a historical thing. Likewise, the line “To be or not to be;.” is an allusion considering it makes a reference to Shakespeare or specifically, Hamlet. It’s because it makes it seem as if I am Hamlet, unsure of anything, in this case it’s to achieve the “perfect” body, or accept my own body. Finally, I have used anaphora in my poem by adding the the word “having” at the beginning of the first two lines of the last stanza. I used anaphora because it helps add parallelism and to help emphasize the irony that is shown in society as they want women and girls to have the “perfect” body type and fit into their standards. Yet it’s alright to have a “normal” body type and not to fit the standards of society. These are all the figurative devices that I’ve utilized in writing my …show more content…
Thus making me think that the body images that are shown in the media are negative to those that are targeted, in this case girls. For me personally, this issue affects me a lot. Growing up, I’ve been expected for my body to fit in a category where my mom finds it perfect. When I see women or girls on media it usually leaves me feeling anxious and ashamed. Seeing it makes me self-conscious because I don't have the things that they have. For this issue that I chose, girls and women are impacted the most since it's targeted towards them. Body images affect society as a whole by causing people to think in a way that women or girls should be shaped in a particular way to look and feel beautiful. If these women or girls don’t fit those standards, they are not considered as beautiful. It also causes women and girls in society to feel the same way about themselves, thus making them unable to accept who they truly are.There are companies such as Buzzfeed, that promotes positive body images for women and girls by showcasing women of any size can do things that the “perfect” body size can do. For example, they have done a video on plus-size women going on a runway. I also know that Dove has a project called “Dove Self-Esteem Project” and it helps educate girls and women to overcome their