The Secretary Chant Analysis

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In my group’s poem “The Secretary Chant” , it was written in the 1970s and the author was Marge Piercy. The poem itself create a interesting theme that describe best how the woman in the 1970s maybe felt during the time. It about a woman who have become one with her own job and that she really did nothing else but her own job. In fact, it show that she have become very and very broken over time and it to the point that she might have not been cared about and it led to the birth of a better working machine making it a really sad tone. Also the metaphors in the poem really description like work at a office and with other connotation like omnipedia which like “ Buzz, Click” is what really describe what a robot would sound like which make the reader

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