Perfect: adj. ˈpər-fikt 1. Entirely without defects, defects or shortcomings, is the first definition you find on dictionary.com for the word (perfect) Is Is this actually possible to achieve? Has anyone ever been perfect? ​​Or is it all in the eye of the beholder? 'one day reaching the unattainable young age of fifteen, where nothing seems to be right with our bodies and everything within us changes. This poem highlights that, as everyone realizes how unrealistic this dream is, knowledge. doesn't change the wish. Santos comments on this in her poem "Perfect Dress". The use of wordy imagery, metaphors and simplistic approach are very effective in describing a young woman's awkward teenage stage and dream. unrealistic to be perfect in this poem, that's really what makes everything flow in this poem. As this poem is written in open form, the imagery of this writing is what makes this poem poetic and stands out to you. Marisa de los Santos begins her poem with "Here, in a student's journal, is a blue confession in smudged, erasable ink: 'I can't stop hoping/I'll ​​wake up, suddenly beautiful.' » (1-3). From the first lines of this story, we already imagine this young girl sitting at her desk, scribbling on her lined university paper. This automatically hooks you into the poem, delving deeper and deeper as it goes on. She entices you to read more as she writes, challenging you to imagine the most perfect woman in the world, "with cobalt eyes, with curly hair/like cognac" (5-6). This may not be the ideal image of every person, but from middle of paper......taphors and simplistic approach are all ways she used to express the feelings of a fifteen year old. old girl, wondering when they will grow into their bodies and get out of the awkward stage they are stuck in. It beautifully illustrates the desire for that perfect dress that will solve all their problems, even for just one night. But even once that is said and done, and we have grown into our own skin, we will probably not be perfect by cosmopolitan standards, but perfect exactly as we are supposed to be. Online dictionary. 2010. Internet. December 12, 2010Santos, Marisa de los. “Perfect dress.” Literature An introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing. 6th ed. XJ Kennedy, Dana Gioia. Boston: Longman, 2010. Pages 743-744. Print.Spears, Britney. "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman." Britney. Jive, 2002. CD