Poem Barbie Doll

Barbie Doll

This girlchild was born as usual
and presented dolls that did pee-pee
and miniature GE stoves and irons
and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy.
Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said:
You have a great big nose and fat legs.

She was healthy, tested intelligent,
possessed strong arms and back,
abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity.
She went to and fro apologizing.
Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs.

She was advised to play coy,
exhorted to come on hearty,
exercise, diet, smile and wheedle.
Her good nature wore out
like a fan belt.
So she cut off her nose and her legs
and offered them up.

In the casket displayed on satin she lay
with the undertaker’s cosmetics painted on,
a turned-up putty nose,
dressed in a pink and white nightie.
Doesn’t she look pretty? everyone said.
Consummation at last.
To every woman a happy ending.

Marge Piercy (Links to an external site.)

Please use the attached document to complete this week’s discussion

Discussion Post-Module 11

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Directions: The following table list four poetic devices. After reading the poem Barbie Doll
, complete the following table.

Resources:

Metaphor:

http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-metaphor-examples-definition-types.html

Imagery:

http://study.com/academy/lesson/imagery-in-poetry-definition-examples-types.html

Tone:

Point of View:

Point of View