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A Look At The Predictive Poems

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A Look At The Predictive Poems

We’ve completed all of the cryptic predictive poems. It’s been a long journey, and we’ve still got a bit more climbing to do before we find our way completely out of chapter 5.

We know by this point the identity of the subjects of some of these poems. Others involve characters that we haven’t actually met yet. Regardless, every single poem here is a tragedy.

Here’s a quick summary of the poems and the subjects, complete with links to the relevant articles:

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