This is an analysis of Old Folks Laugh by Maya Angelou.

They have spent their
content of simpering,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcaXXdefXbfbcdefadaXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 25,
  • Metre: 1111 100100 10110 11110 0101 1111 0111001011 1000 010 1111 1010111 11111101 11101010 01101 00100 010100 010011 1110 11011 11 110100 11111010010 0110111000 0111100 00
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

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