Domestic Work Analysis

In "Domestic Work," Natasha Trethewey uses an assertive tone and simile to describe the work of a woman who works as a cleaner in a house. The woman in the poem longs for a different job yet she still describes cleanliness as "next to godliness." Her apparent belief in god shows that even though she is upset at the job she has currently, she believes it's from god. She compares it to the work of god as in that she is doing what she is supposed to be doing and no matter how much she wishes she could do something else, ultimately, she is where she is supposed to be.