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A Poetic Rewriting
Hello prosers! This is going to be the first in a potentially weekly series of challenges! All you have to do is rewrite a novel into a poem! Any novel will do, but the more well-known it is the easier it will be to judge. Please use the name of the novel as the name of your poem. There are no requirements for rhyme or format, but I will be taking into account any particularly impressive implementations of craft. And remember, longer doesn't always mean better. Have fun!
lyun in Poetry & Free Verse
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

The hunchbacked skeleton hugging Esmeralda's

a heart wrenching symbol of love and devotion.

For all, Quasimodo was a monster and slave;

and under his grotesque figure, only she saw,

a kind heart that also needs to be saved.

To satisfy lust, the beast beneath deacon Frollo,

ordered Quasimodo to abduct the dancing fairy;

but the slave got punished for his master's deeds.

For saving his life, Esmeralda fed him water,

and it was elixir of love for him in the pillory.

For the murder she didn't do and the witchcraft

she never knew, Esmeralda was hanged.

The beast ensured that, if he can't have her,

then no else can either have her or see her alive.

And thus the gypsy girl died and Frollo laughed.

For Quasimodo, Frollo looked cruel than the devil,

so he pushed the deacon from the Notre-Dame,

to deliver him straight to the devil itself.

Quasimodo also vanished into thin air,

only to find hugging Esmeralda, in the charnel house.

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