Read the excerpt from "An Author to Her Book."
I washed thy face, but more defects I saw,
And rubbing off a spot still made a flaw.
How does the use of figurative language influence the text?
The figurtive language of these two lines influance the text because it's showing that there is a hidden truth to the character because because they rubbed their face and saw the further truth the hidden truth can also be Guilt or greif. And it makes it more mysterious.
