Why didn't Lucille Clifton use punctuation?
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Why didn't Lucille Clifton use punctuation?
Lucille Clifton Punctuation:
Lucille Clifton was an American poet living from 1936-2010. She was the first author to reach the finalist stage of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry two times. Punctuation in poetry does not necessarily follow the rules of grammatical punctuation.
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View this answerLucille Clifton often, but not always, omitted traditional punctuation and capitalization in her poetry. Clifton used the lack of punctuation in her...
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Chapter 7 / Lesson 12Learn about Lucille Clifton, one of the United State's important African-American poets. Learn about Lucille Clifton's poems and discover Lucille Clifton's books.