Sophonie Ilera Research & Literature 10/21/13 “The Secretary’s Chant‚” by Margie Piercy explains the feeling of dehumanization for women in the workforce. I liked how the poem sounds like a machine is talking because it further expresses a secretary’s feelings of being an object rather than a person. The poem was written in 1936 when many women had secretary or desk jobs‚ so I am sure many women could relate to it. Piercy used humor well to describe a somewhat depressing time for women. While reading
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of what women are supposed to look like. In other words the perfect woman should look like a Barbie Doll. In Marge Piercy’s‚ "Barbie Doll‚" we find a girl child growing up through the adolescence stage characterized by appearances and barbarity. Piercy uses lots of imagery to describe the struggles the girl experiences during her teenage years and the effects that can happen. In the first stanza we see the beginning of an ideal image being stained in the girls mind. She was "...presented dolls
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to memorize and memorialize is: To be of use by Marge Piercy. I discovered this poem to share with Kendra‚ a young friend who graduated from college. She wants a career that allows her to give back to society so the title caught my attention. Kendra‚ like me‚ seeks meaningful work; this poem not only speaks to Kendra‚ it speaks to me as well; it has since become my favorite poem. The title‚ To be of use‚ is appropriate for this piece—Piercy goes on to sing the praises of hard work. I grew up in
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Bibliography: Piercy‚ N. 2002. Market-Led Strategic Change. 3rd. Oxford‚ Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Johnson‚ G.‚ Scholes‚ K Ranchhod‚ A. 2004. Marketing Strategies: A Twenty-first Century Approach. Harlow‚ Financial Times/Prentice Hall Websites
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air. The shapes of the rotors are designed allowing air to move faster over the upper surface as the angle changes (the shape of the rotor is known as the aerofoil). To fly straight up the rotors are all at the same angle knows as collective pitch. They rotate and the difference between the pressure in the upper and lower surfaces of the aerofoil creates the upward force‚ lift [1]. Once the rotor is spinning enough the total lift overcomes the weight of the helicopter. This causes it to move upwards
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A Work of the Artifice In the poem‚ A Work of the Artifice‚ the author‚ Marge Piercy‚ uses a bonsai tree to represent people who are being controlled or influenced by a type of authority or higher power. She does this by using playful imagery‚ contradicting tone‚ and strong metaphors to make this representation throughout this poem. The playful imagery which compares a bonsai tree to the way people are conformed and molded into the “perfect” person or the mold of what is “right”. In the poem‚ the
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Poetry Analysis #4 – 2/15/13 Title: The Secretary Chant Author: Marge Piercy‚ 1973 “The Secretary Chant‚” by Marge Piercy is about a female creating a vision of how she has lost her personal identity to her job. She uses metaphors to allow the reader to envision a woman who is living her life through her career. Piercy also uses paradox‚ personification‚ and the pun to bring the character alive. With the use of metaphors‚ both implied and explicit‚ the reader can deeply empathize the central
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Society’s Expectations on Women The poem‚ “Barbie Doll”‚ by Marge Piercy‚ is about a normal “girlchild” who gets criticized by society for not looking like a perfect doll. She changes herself to fit society’s expectations just to fit in‚ but only in the end does society see her as “pretty”. Piercy’s purpose of the poem is to show how society has appalling expectations of how women show look and act. Imagery‚ irony‚ and tone are terms that show how vile society’s expectations are. Imagery helps the
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away-from-home market it was only logical to move towards the home consumers. The strategy was to seek to develop a product for the changing market and develop a product that everyone would want‚ positioning them to move ahead in the market (Hooley‚ Piercy‚ & Nicoulau. 2008. Pg. 8). Consumers purchasing for their homes would order through a different venue than their office counter parts who used an office coffee service‚ OCS‚ or a Keurig authorized distributor‚ KADS. The at-home brewer would be
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her. Such expectations are still in existence today. Authors from the nineteenth and twentieth century are using literature and poetry as a vehicle for the new role and passion of the woman. Such authors as Kate Chopin‚ Mary Wilkins Freeman‚ Marge Piercy‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay and Henry James evoke a new sense of expectations for women in their use of literary language. One must acknowledge the differences in the expected roles of women and those the authors are portraying in order to penetrate
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