Hairless by Jo Shapcott is a piece that celebrates the baldness in people, particularly woman. As an introduction, Jo Shapcott once was diagnosed having breast cancer, thus she might have written this poem to encourage people with medical condition. In the poem, Jo Shapcott suggests how bald people are unique and perceives the world in a different way, the regular uses of positive words suggests a celebration, almost a worship towards bald people.The poem starts with a question Can a bald lie?, which is a seemingly absurd question, but it does evoke our curiosity, then the persona, presumably Shapcott brings in more suspense by answering the question herself: The nature of the skin says not which is arresting as we were left confounded by the statement. The use of colon suggests a long list of explanation following, which seems to be a statement praising the bald, as the bald are described as truthful with the statement every thought visible, the use of the hyperbole every emphasizes the reliability of the bald, and perhaps to some extent, this also suggests the vulnerability and lack of virility of bald people. There is also a connotation of bald people to infant-like characteristics, with the use of compound words that further intensify the image, such as newborn-pale, and erection-tender that, suggest their uprightness, fragility, and thoughtfulness, pure. Throughout the poem, Shapcott associates the bald with the ideas of uncontam inated, pure and perfect. For instance, the word pure knowledge suggests the bald having uncorrupted knowledge, just like a baby, while the verb shining further highlights the purity and preciousness of bald, as we usually associates luminaries with preciousness.The poet then zooms into a bald woman with the line I saw one, a woman, hairless absolute, cleaning. Throughout the line, a lot of comas is used to slow down our pace, thus enabling us to create a vivid image of the woman. The relationship between the persona and the woman is left unclear, but the address one creates an impersonal tone, which makes the statement more convincing as the poets view is more objective. The poet then describes her as hairless absolute, with the word absolute that creates a sense of certainty, and perhaps purity. The queerness of the bald women is then juxtaposed with a stereotypic action for woman, cleaning to suggest that the woman is in fact not so different to other woman after all: she can still do her chores normally. The listing of action such as mopped and dusted creates a sense of diligence and virtuosity, which is reinforced by the word concentration. The poet then uses a profound phrase to summarize her opinion: Queen of the moon, which is very arresting, the word Queen along with its capitalization suggest the grandeur, majestic and elegant sight of the woman, while the reference to moon suggests a sense of tranquility, femininity, uniqueness and perhaps mysterious aspect of the woman. The poet then conveys the idea of uniqueness in bald people with the personification of the air speaking to them quiet differently to suggest their peculiar bond with environment, while the phrase touches their head with exquisite expression that has a religious connotation of baptism suggests that their baldness is a Gods gift, while the word exquisite expression is a hard word to pronounce, that suggests their difference to normal people. It is worth noting that the second person pronoun you is used to make the statement more engaging. The sense of peculiarity is intensified with an unconventional line danced with the motes, as we dont usually associate motes with dance, because motes are disgusting. Then, the persona uses the line from the texture of their head, she was about to suggest the image of bald having extra pure knowledge of making prophecy, creating a vision, much like a crystal ball which has the same texture. The action of raise her arm to sky seems to be a religious action, as the bald is grateful towards God for her baldness. The sing and roar suggest a sense of elegance and roar has a connotation with lion, which is majestic, in fact, the sense of majesty is so powerful that the poet has to cover her ear. The line let the big win resonate in the little room further reinforces the sense of power, by using the juxtaposition of the adjectives big and small suggest how the bald is majestic as the surrounding became relatively insignificant, while the bald is significant and has resonating effect.Throughout the poem, Shapcott used a distinctive language to suggest the bald peoples uniqueness. The words are peculiar but are both positive and suggestive. In the poem, the vivid image created is engaging, as a reader, we are convinced that bald people are indeed blessed by God in a certain way.