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
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When reading the poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy you can already get a good sense of what the poem going to be about by just reading the title. The title of the poem gives off the idea that it is about someone who is expected to appear like a Barbie doll. This means that they are expected to be pretty and perfect in almost every aspect of their lives. That poem is pretty much about how a young girl grew up and was expected to hold up an image‚ which ultimately made her extremely self-conscious
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a woman as she goes through life and her infatuation with becoming the perfect image of society. Each of these authors uses women and how these women deal with their situation. Kate Chopin uses nature and Mrs. Mallard inner feelings‚ while Marge Piercy uses societies assumptions and their effect. Kate Chopin’s "The Story Of an Hour" is a perfect example of social oppression that takes place in many marriages. "The Story of an Hour" shows that marriages no matter how much love can be an institution
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Barbie Doll Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy This girlchild was born as usual and presented dolls that did pee-pee and miniature GE stoves and irons and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy. Then in the magic of puberty‚ a classmate said: You have a great big nose and fat legs. She was healthy‚ tested intelligent‚ possessed strong arms and back‚ abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity. She went to and fro apologizing. Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs. She was advised to play
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The Poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy is about a girl who struggles with her body image. The speaker in the poem acts as an observer; watching the girl encounter different experiences as it related to her body image. Today’s generation is much similar to the life of the girl in this poem. Girls are forced to keep up with rising standards that are overwhelming and destructive. This poem uses form‚ imagery‚ and word choice to express how society chooses not to accept girls who do not represent the
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The Analysis of Marge Piercy’s “A Work of Artifice” Marge Piercy’s “A Work of Artifice” is a poem that begins in a simple manner‚ but unfolds into a more complex statement about the oppression of women. Marge Piercy‚ a feminist‚ struggled to have her work published‚ but at age sixty-three her dreams finally came through in the year 1999. The last word in the title‚ artifice‚ is defined as the use of trickery to reach a result. In the poem a bonsai tree is shaped
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brought upon people at an early age inevitably leading to an already decided fate. In “A Work of Artifice” the gardener cares for the tree grooming it as he sees fit. He sees the tree to be lucky‚ “ how lucky‚ little tree‚ to have a pot to grow in” (Piercy 15-16) but it’s this pot
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on for being fat‚ to thin‚ poor‚ gay‚ etc. d. Discuss one literary element in the work you have chosen that best helps you see the idea of cultural identity (1–2 sentences). After a classmate tells the girl she has a great big nose and fat legs (Piercy
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Women are constantly 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
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Be of Use" by Marge Piercy (pp. 248-249) Figurative language- A type of language that is express as a metaphor. Example: “They seem to become native of that element the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half submerged balls” From "To Be of Use" by Marge Piercy (pp. 248-249) Simile- More of a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another. Example: “The work of the world is common as mud.” From "To Be of Use" by Marge Piercy (pp. 248-249)
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