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‘To be of use’ by Marge Piercy depicts one speaker’s preference to be around those who work hard and understand the importance of perseverance. The poem takes the reader through metaphorical comparisons between oxen, water buffalo, and seals.
To be of use | The Poetry Foundation. By Marge Piercy. The people I love the best. jump into work head first. without dallying in the shallows. and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black sleek heads of seals. bouncing like half-submerged balls.
To Be Of Use. Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1973. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF. Access Full Guide.
Hopi vases that held corn, are put in museums but you know they were made to be used. The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real. From Circles on the Water: Selected Poems of Marge Piercy (Alfred A. Knopf, 1982). Used with permission.
2 kwi 2012 · To be of use by Piercy, Marge. Publication date 1973 Publisher Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday ... Internet Archive Language English Item Size 85.2M . Poems Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2012-04-02 19:36:58 Bookplateleaf 0004 ... Pdf_degraded invalid-jp2-headers Pdf_module_version 0.0.25 Ppi
Marge Piercy. To Be Of Use. Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1973. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF. Access Full Guide. Further Reading & Resources. “ ” by Marge Piercy (1982)
8 mar 2021 · For the C21 Women's Ensemble's Poetry Project, member Joan Pederson performs Marge Piercy's "To be of use." Writer and activist Piercy has written over seventeen collections of...
