Zitella Cocke ( – ) was an American poet, essayist, and musician.
Cocke was born in Marion, Alabama, on . She was the daughter of Woodson St. George Cocke, a planter from a Virginia family, and Mary Elizabeth Burton Binion Cocke, a descendant of French Huguenot refugees. Cocke primarily lived in Boston, Massachusetts.
The children's journal The Youth's Companion published Cocke's poetry, which was then reprinted by other news organizations.
Zitella Cocke died on December 3, 1929, in Gadsden, Alabama, and was buried in Marion, Alabama. Thesis, Master of Liberal Arts
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Review of The Grasshoppers' Hop and Other Verses
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