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    cup of coffee‚ secretary; file these papers‚ secretary; schedule a meeting‚ secretary. This chant reminds me of the one that Cinderella’s stepmother and sisters where saying when they wanted the house clean and to prevent this young lady from attending the ball to meet her prince charming. Although that story was fictional‚ Marge Piercy managed to change the tune from a Cinderella’s chant to The Secretary Chant. She describes the duties and personal feelings that female secretaries are too afraid

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    Feminist Literature Draft In many instances‚ the works of feminist literature use characters to examine and address the issues in the way society treats women. The poems “Daystar” by Rita Dove and “The Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy do that by focusing on the female identity‚ more specifically the lack of it their characters are experiencing. By introducing readers to the attitude of the female characters toward their situation‚ the poems portray daily life from a new perspective that challenged

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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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    The Secretary Chant In life there are things that can take over how to live life and how to be as a person. Take for instance the poem “The secretary chant” by Marge Piercy tells about the dehumanization of a woman in a business role. The secretary no longer sees herself as a woman but rather a collection of office supplies. In the beginning she compares her hips to a desk‚ this indicates that not only does her life revolve around her job but also physically she is being taken over as well

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    demoralized and portrayed stereotypically as simple beings specifically secretaries. Though do not fret for Marge Piercy has felt the same and has written “The Secretary Chant” to help women relate and to help empower them and to be their own person. In this one stanza free verse poem Ms. Piercy uses a variety of poetic devices to convey her theme of the being overworked. The majority of the poem uses metaphors to explain how a secretary carries all her paperwork and files with “My hips are a desk” (1

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    In the poem “The Secretary Chant” by Margie Piercy‚ a woman working as a secretary is depicted as undervalued and unappreciated by her employer. With this poem being written in 1936‚ the idea of women in the workplace was fairly new. Women were not given equal treatment as employees and were in the beginning stages of their fight for equality. The year the poem was written most certainly plays an integral role in the poem’s tone‚ structure‚ diction‚ and theme. Throughout the poem‚ it is obvious that

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    In my poem or “The Secretary Chant” was written by a poet named Marge Piercy‚ who was a whose family have gone through The Depression and also written 17 novels. The poem was at 1970s office‚ which a single woman‚ became her job. This is being led to see that she is a robot and was very old. I got this by interpreting the metaphors and connotation like onomatopoeia which is used to best describe the woman in the office as a job or a robot. Also the tone of the poem‚ which the stanzas did sound sad

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    Although Marge Piercy and John Updike write different types of literature‚ “The Secretary Chant” and “A&P” share similarities. The use of figures of speech in both pieces of literature allows the narrators to describe their job and workspace. The use of metaphors in “The Secretary Chant”‚ by Marge Piercy‚ and “A&P”‚ by John Updike‚ illustrate the monotonous environment and work the narrators dread. The poem “The Secretary Chant” uses metaphors to describe how inhuman a secretary feels in the workplace

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    Premarital Sex Graham 1 Whitley Graham 25 March 2013 Ms. H. Hubbard Have you ever had a time when you talked to your siblings about sex? I remember the time when I talked to my older siblings about intercourse. I walked open minded to my siblings with thoughts coming from each and every direction. I would then ask my siblings why did they have sex before marriage before marriage. My brother responded saying the girls looked good and he couldn’t resist. My sister responded saying it was a

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    Marge Piercy’s poem "To Be of Use" expresses an opposing connotation about the idea of work. Most people believe the words "hard work" carry a negative connotation. What these words imply is not something that is generally received with enthusiasm but is often accepted either by force or obligation. The poem’s central theme is that satisfaction and self-fulfillment can be attained by using one’s skills to serve a specific function in life‚ for it is the opinion of the speaker that an unproductive

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