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FOR THE MUTE by LUCILLE CLIFTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THEY WILL BLOW FROM YOUR MOUTH ONE MORNING
Last Line: TOO MANY LANGUAGES FOR %ONE MORTAL TONGUE
Subject(s): SPEECH DISORDERS;

Poem Sources:

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 4TH ED.
  POULIN, A., JR. (ED.)
  (1985)
 
GOOD WOMAN; POEMS AND A MEMOIR 1969-1980.
  CLIFTON, LUCILLE
  (1987)
 



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