Shaving

In a well-written essay, analyze how Blanco uses literary elements and techniques to develop the speaker’s complex associations with the ritual of shaving.

“Shaving” by Richard Blanco Total time-2 hours 3 Questions Question 1 (Suggested time-40 minutes. This question counts as one-third of the total essay section score.) In Richard Blanco’s poem “Shaving,” published in 1998, the speaker writes about the act of shaving. Read the poem carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how Blanco uses literary […]

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