Critical Theory Deconstruction In Carolyn Kizer's Poem Bitch

The poem “Bitch” by Carolyn Kizer fits the critical theory deconstruction because the poem has two conversations going on in one poem. Kizer also uses words as though she is talking about a dog but instead it is a woman that was hurt by that significant other. The woman does not want to show her anger towards the ex lover so she tries to have a nice and polite conversation. The line “As the bitch starts to bark hysterically” meaning that she's getting more and more furious inside as she talks to the ex lover. The woman gave all her undivided attention to him but he never really paid attention to her. He only needed her when “he was ready to play” or “when he had a good day or a couple of drinks”(Line 21) In the poem “Poison Tree” by William
Marge Piercy describes in her poem “Barbie Doll” the struggles girls have to face when they hit puberty and how far the girls would go to change their appearance in order to feel pretty. The poem starts of with a girl being born and how they are given girly toys. The time where appearance does not matter until the day the girl hits puberty. In the lines 5-6 “Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said: You have a great big nose and fat legs” mostly means that when girls reach puberty this is when everything else about the girl do not matter besides their appearance. That nobody sees a girl for her intelligence, strong personality, and even her health. That other girls or students will only notice her for her big nose or fat legs. In the poem the girl is “advised to play coy, exhorted to come one hearty, exercise, diet, smile and wheedle”(Stanza 3). When her body could not take it anymore she cut off her nose and her legs. When the girl lies in her casket all the guest think she looks pretty. Her death is not the reason they call her pretty, but because the girl finally got what she thought she needed. She received that perfect nose she never