Death Fugue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLM BNAOEFPHQD ORQORM BOAOHESTUPGD BTVOOOHWPQT HX S| Black milk of daybreak we drink it at sundown | A |
| we drink it at noon in the morning we drink it at night | B |
| we drink it and drink it | C |
| we dig a grave in the breezes there one lies unconfined | D |
| A man lives in the house he plays with the serpents | E |
| he writes | F |
| he writes when dusk falls to Germany your golden | G |
| hair Margarete | H |
| he writes it and steps out of doors and the stars are | I |
| flashing he whistles his pack out | J |
| he whistles his Jews out in earth has them dig for a | K |
| grave | L |
| he commands us strike up for the dance | M |
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| Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night | B |
| we drink you in the morning at noon we drink you at | N |
| sundown | A |
| we drink and we drink you | O |
| A man lives in the house he plays with the serpents | E |
| he writes | F |
| he writes when dusk falls to Germany your golden hair | P |
| Margarete | H |
| your ashen hair Sulamith we dig a grave in the breezes | Q |
| there one lies unconfined | D |
| - | |
| He calls out jab deeper into the earth you lot you | O |
| others sing now and play | R |
| he grabs at the iron in his belt he waves it his | Q |
| eyes are blue | O |
| jab deper you lot with your spades you others play | R |
| on for the dance | M |
| - | |
| Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night | B |
| we drink you at at noon in the morning we drink you | O |
| at sundown | A |
| we drink and we drink you | O |
| a man lives in the house your golden hair Margarete | H |
| your ashen hair Sulamith he plays with the serpents | E |
| He calls out more sweetly play death death is a master | S |
| from Germany | T |
| he calls out more darkly now stroke your strings then | U |
| as smoke you will rise into air | P |
| then a grave you will have in the clouds there one | G |
| lies unconfined | D |
| - | |
| Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night | B |
| we drink you at noon death is a master from Germany | T |
| we drink you at sundown and in the morning we drink | V |
| and we drink you | O |
| death is a master from Germany his eyes are blue | O |
| he strikes you with leaden bullets his aim is true | O |
| a man lives in the house your golden hair Margarete | H |
| he sets his pack on to us he grants us a grave in | W |
| the air | P |
| He plays with the serpents and daydreams death is | Q |
| a master from Germany | T |
| - | |
| your golden hair Margarete | H |
| your ashen hair Shulamith | X |
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| Translated by Michael Hamburger | S |
Paul Celan
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