Imagery In Marge Piercy's To Be Of Use

In “To Be of Use,” Marge Piercy uses figurative language to create imagery that helps convey that the speaker wants to be useful and take initiative like the people they love but never does. The figurative language make people who take initiative seem inhuman.
In one line, Piercy uses simile when she writes, “the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half submerged balls.” By using this simile, Piercy piques the readers’ imagination, renewing their interest in the forgotten things people do. This simile shows that the people who do hard work make it look easy from doing it so well and the speaker wishes she could be like them.
In addition to simile, Piercy uses metaphor and simile. To capture how hard the people work, Piercy uses metaphor