Pere Lachaise



Time spent dreaming past railings,
Wandering between castles of death,
Inked walls of voices past,
Bark etched memories of the dead,
Hotel for the sleeping to frequent,
When vacating this world we're lent,
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Submitted on April 12, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 200
Words 33
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6

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