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All of these poems have a bounding topic that tie them together.... It is insecurity and the struggles of being a girl. In "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath reflects a woman's opinion of a mirror... You either love what you see or you don't... Looking in magazines and seeing all the girls who are perfection... makes girls feel self-conscious. We think "we could never look like that" but the truth is... no one can. "Stars, I have seen them fall" make me think of teenage girls. Stars are so beautiful but they can seem so small. The poem talks about stars falling and it reminds me of teenage girls because we fall down sometimes. "The Girl I Pretend To Be" can relate to so many different ages and girls. This poem symbolizes girls putting on masks and hiding who they truly are. I feel like so many girls use make-up as masks. Girls are afraid to be who they really are because they are afraid they will get put down. The title of "Barbie Doll" speaks for itself.... No one can look like Barbie.... It's impossible... The poem "Pretty Girl" relates to me the most. I feel like every girl has some sort of pain and struggle to feel like they belong. Every girl feels like they would rather have another girls life or that they do not like their own... Why I like this poem so much is because it relates to a diverse category of girls. These poems make me stronger by reading them in letting me know I am not alone.