The Laughter Of Women Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD DEF GHIJ KLE MNA EOAP| The laughter of women sets fire | A |
| to the Halls of Injustice | B |
| and the false evidence burns | C |
| to a beautiful white lightness | D |
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| It rattles the Chambers of Congress | D |
| and forces the windows wide open | E |
| so the fatuous speeches can fly out | F |
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| The laughter of women wipes the mist | G |
| from the spectacles of the old | H |
| it infects them with a happy flu | I |
| and they laugh as if they were young again | J |
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| Prisoners held in underground cells | K |
| imagine that they see daylight | L |
| when they remember the laughter of women | E |
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| It runs across water that divides | M |
| and reconciles two unfriendly shores | N |
| like flares that signal the news to each other | A |
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| What a language it is the laughter of women | E |
| high flying and subversive | O |
| Long before law and scripture | A |
| we heard the laughter we understood freedom | P |
Lisel Mueller
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