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Fragments and Punctuation

Discover It: Read the following poem —
Whenever I call,
she comes and she sits.
She is with me whenever I cry.
Whenever I fall,
she comes to my side
and lifts me up to the sky!

In this poem, how many clauses can you find? How many full sentences can you find? List them in the box below:


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