Barbie Doll

This poem is a satire as well as a metaphor. The speaker in the poem compares a growing girl to a barbie doll without explicitly stating it. It starts off explaining how the little, healthy girl plays with barbie dolls when she is young. It also gives the girl human qualities that state how normal, healthy and strong she is. However, the tone changes and becomes a satire after the line "Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs." The poem then states how the girl cut off her nose and legs and offered them up, then dressed in pink and white and wore cosmetics. The irony of "to every woman a happy ending" presents the poem as a satire. This is effective because it criticizes fake women in the real world and connects to everyday fixations of women who are insecure.