Answer:
Persona and POV
Christina and I believe that Gilbert is writing in the first person plural because she says “we” on several occasions which indicates a group of people. It’s first person because it’s their point of view. For example, “we ached,” “we knew,” “we wore.” Tim on the other hand disagrees and thinks it is first person singular.
Gilbert is taking on the personae of the women who read this the Ladies’ Home Journal. This can be seen in the first stanza describing the images in the journal and how the women want to achieve those images. This point of view allows us to see the imperfections of the women and their acknowledgment of those imperfections as well as their desire to hide them.