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Secretary Chant
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 “My hips are a desk” (1.1). The poem continues with even more metaphors with the line “From my ears hang/chains of paper clips” (1.2-3) which continues her comparison of her body to office equipment. The metaphor of “Rubber bands form my hair” (1.4)
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