Fugue Of Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKL BMANEFGOPD QRSTUV AMANGW OHNXXD BYHZNSNCNGOA2OH GO| Black milk of daybreak we drink it at nightfall | A |
| we drink it at noon in the morning we drink it at night | B |
| we drink it and drink it | C |
| we are digging a grave in the sky it is ample to lie there | D |
| A man in the house he plays with the serpents he writes | E |
| he writes when the night falls to Germany your golden | F |
| hair Margarete | G |
| he writes it and walks from the house the stars glitter he | H |
| whistles his dogs up | I |
| he whistles his Jews out and orders a grave to be dug in | J |
| the earth | K |
| he commands us strike up for the dance | L |
| - | |
| Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night | B |
| we drink you in the morning at noon we drink you at | M |
| nightfall | A |
| drink you and drink you | N |
| A man in the house he plays with the serpents he writes | E |
| he writes when the night falls to Germany your golden | F |
| hair Margarete | G |
| Your ashen hair Shulamith we are digging a grave in the | O |
| sky it is | P |
| ample to lie there | D |
| - | |
| He shouts stab deeper in earth you there and you others | Q |
| you sing and you play | R |
| he grabs at the iron in his belt and swings it and blue are | S |
| his eyes | T |
| stab deeper your spades you there and you others play on | U |
| for the dancing | V |
| - | |
| Black milk of daybreak we drink you at nightfall | A |
| we drink you at noon in the mornings we drink you at | M |
| nightfall | A |
| drink you and drink you | N |
| a man in the house your golden hair Margarete | G |
| your ashen hair Shulamith he plays with the serpents | W |
| - | |
| He shouts play sweeter death's music death comes as a | O |
| master from Germany | H |
| he shouts stroke darker the strings and as smoke you | N |
| shall climb to the sky | X |
| then you'll have a grave in the clouds it is ample to lie | X |
| there | D |
| - | |
| Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night | B |
| we drink you at noon death comes as a master from | Y |
| Germany | H |
| we drink you at nightfall and morning we drink you and | Z |
| drink you | N |
| a master from Germany death comes with eyes that are | S |
| blue | N |
| with a bullet of lead he will hit in the mark he will hit | C |
| you | N |
| a man in the house your golden hair Margarete | G |
| he hunts us down with his dogs in the sky he gives us a | O |
| grave | A2 |
| he plays with the serpents and dreams death comes as a | O |
| master from Germany | H |
| - | |
| your golden hair Margarete | G |
| your ashen hair Shulamith | O |
Paul Celan
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