47+ Barbie Doll Poem Background. Barbie doll by marge piercy. Marge piercy's barbie doll dramatizes a girldchild and her predicament in four versagraphs.
The name carries a lot of meaning because a barbie doll has long been an icon in society.
These two themes are covered throughout the poem as piercy delves into society's image of who a woman. I am writitng a paper on the poem barbie doll and need to talk about similes and metaphors in the poem and i cant find any?! Barbie doll poem by julie heckman login | join poetrysoup. Irony, of course, is a contrast or discrepancy between two things.