Old Folks Laugh Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEEGHIBJBKELME EENBOThey 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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