Old Folks Laugh Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEEGHIBJBKELME EENBO| They have spent their | A |
| content of simpering | B |
| holding their lips this | C |
| and that way winding | B |
| the lines between | D |
| their brows Old folks | E |
| allow their bellies to jiggle like slow | F |
| tambourines | E |
| The hollers | E |
| rise up and spill | G |
| over any way they want | H |
| When old folks laugh they free the world | I |
| They turn slowly slyly knowing | B |
| the best and the worst | J |
| of remembering | B |
| Saliva glistens in | K |
| the corners of their mouths | E |
| their heads wobble | L |
| on brittle necks but | M |
| their laps | E |
| are filled with memories | E |
| When old folks laugh they consider the promise | E |
| of dear painless death and generously | N |
| forgive life for happening | B |
| to them | O |
Maya Angelou
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