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. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two each:, . What does the poet mean when she uses the word “simpering?”, Simpering means a silly smile that contains no emotion, 2. Why are the old folks able to forgive life?, , Old folks are able to forgive life because their experience of the world makes the difficult, thing bearable for them., , 3. What is “the best and worst of remembering?”, The best and worst of remembering is looking back at one's life., 4. Why does the poet uses run-on lines for the poem ?, , The poet uses run-on lines for the poem because the poem is all about the old folks laugh,, their laughing seem to be spontaneous, uncontrollable and free that is it has the quality of run-on., , 5. Explain briefly the comparison made about the bellies., , When the old folks laugh their entire body shakes, bellies goes up and down or from side to, side like tambourines jiggles. Tambourine is a musical instrument, which is played by shaking or, hitting on it, so the poet compared the old folks bellies with tambourine., , III. Answer the following questions in a paragraph not exceeding 100 words or each: