with an obvious piece of office equipment. This allows the reader to form a solid picture of a woman sitting at her desk performing the daily drudgery of a secretary. She does not see herself as a real woman but a woman whose hair is rubber bands (3), whose breasts are wells of mimeograph ink , (5) and whose feet bear casters (6). The secretary is so entrenched in her job that she describes her head as a badly organized file (8). To furthur describe how badly organized the file of her head is (or
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Marty Previtte Ms. Swails ENG 110 November 7, 2011 Player Chant Imagery and sound can be two important elements in poetry. The poems “Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy and “Player Piano” by John Updike are examples of ways to effectively use imagery and sound to convey a message. Although both poems use sound and imagery, they use these elements in different ways. Updike uses sound and imagery to portray human characteristics in a nonliving object, while Piercy uses the same elements to mechanize
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the suffrage movements in the 1900s, to the labor groups in the 1930s, anti-war movements in 1960s, all the way to the Occupy protests in 2011, and The Women’s March only a few weeks ago. So when the opportunity arose to protest President Trump’s Secretary of Education nominee from Michigan. I decided to participate in this staple of our democracy and take the journey to Holland. *** Betsy DeVos, a Holland native, is the billionaire wife of Amway inheritor Dick DeVos. She is a strong Republican philanthropist
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Congresswoman Reverend Maxine Waters gave the audience a powerful sermon with her anti-Trump administration speech. To add more fuel, she also specifically mentioned Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. According to the California representative, Ben Carson was appointed as the HUD secretary but doesn’t know what their real mission is. She believes that Carson doesn’t really care about public housing and he believes if you are poor, it is due to your own fault. He doesn’t have a clue
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Campaign. Protesters gather across the United States to show support for what they believe in. This is surprisingly similar to the Vietnam War Protest which occurred about 40 years prior. Both of these protests are alike because they both use songs, chants, inspirational speakers, and rallies to be heard. Protestors are striving for a change and will do anything to accomplish this. To start off, the Vietnam War Protest and the March for Our Lives
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Joseph Fitzpatrick 4/22/2015 Poetry Analysis 1.Gretel in Darkness Listening to Gretel voice I believe she may have post-traumatic stress disorder. She cannot get the idea of the killing out of her head. She seems like she is praying to Hansel to help her with her guilt. She seems to want to wash away the pain of killing even though she knows what she did was right. 2. Suicide Note The speaker apologizes to her parents for not being a strong man. She believes that
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From 2001 through 2009 she was a U.S. Senator. Most recent, Hillary was appointed secretary by Obama. After serving our nation for almost 23 years she should know what our country needs to flourish. However, going back to look at her votes in congress, Hillary Clinton was absent for about ten percent of the rolls taken in congress. This
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Robert Herrick, “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” p.1060 John Keats, “La Belle Dame sans Merci,” p.990 Millay, “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, & Where, & Why,” p. 1213 Sharon Olds, “The Planned Child,” p. 850 Marge Piercy, “The Secretary Chant,” p. 1219 Shakespeare, “When, in disgrace with Fortune and men’s eyes,” p. 1234 Shelley, “Ozymandias,” p. 955 William Wordsworth, “The Solitary Reaper,” p. 1103 William Butler Yeats, “The Wild Swans at Coole,” p. 1254 2012 Due Dates 1
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was also known to have an inferior record of “labor tension” throughout all the other universities. In spite of the excessive cold temperature the “janitors, clerical workers, technical workers, secretaries and dining hall workers all went on strike. They flooded the sidewalks with picket signs and chants that blame the
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analysis also applies to some stories and poems. As it is mentioned that most stories or creative writings have conflicts of their own, ”A Good Man is Hard to Find”, “When I heard Learn’d Astronomer”, “The Things They Carried” and “The Secretary’s Chant” lifted up their own conflict by the authors. However, they shared the same theme that is possible to engage them together that experiences shape the individual’s belief. People affect each other’s lives that it is possible for the individual to
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