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IF MAMA by LUCILLE CLIFTON

Poet Analysis

Last Line: GOOD GIRL %CLEAN UP YOUR ROOM
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE.
  GATES, HENRY LOUIS, JR. & MCKAY, NELLIE Y. (EDS.)
  (1997)
 
GOOD WOMAN; POEMS AND A MEMOIR 1969-1980.
  CLIFTON, LUCILLE
  (1987)
 



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