When I Think About Myself Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCCA EFGHGGA IIJKLJM| When I think about myself | A |
| I almost laugh myself to death | B |
| My life has been one great big joke | C |
| A dance that's walked | D |
| A song that's spoke | C |
| I laugh so hard I almost choke | C |
| When I think about myself | A |
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| Sixty years in these folks' world | E |
| The child I works for calls me girl | F |
| I say 'Yes ma'am' for working's sake | G |
| Too proud to bend | H |
| Too poor to break | G |
| I laugh until my stomach ache | G |
| When I think about myself | A |
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| My folks can make me split my side | I |
| I laughed so hard I nearly died | I |
| The tales they tell sound just like lying | J |
| They grow the fruit | K |
| But eat the rind | L |
| I laugh until I start to crying | J |
| When I think about my folks | M |
Maya Angelou
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