In this poem, Death is described as a blue-eyed figure who shoots you "with shot made of lead" and "level and true," and an oft-quoted phrase from this poem says that "Death is a Master from Germany.
One figure in this poem says that "you'll rise then in smoke to the sky" and "have a grave in the clouds" where "you won't lie too cramped." That figure "orders us strike up and play for the dance" while swinging a rod and commanding people to "jab your spades deeper." This poem repeats the image of the golden hair of one woman and the ashen hair of another. In this poem, Death is described as a blue-eyed figure who shoots you "with shot made of lead" and "level and true," and an oft-quoted phrase from this poem says that "Death is a Master from Germany." The collective speaker of this poem repeatedly describes drinking the "black milk of daybreak" at different times of the day. For 10 points, name this most famous poem by Paul Celan.
One figure in this poem says that "you'll rise then in smoke to the sky" and "have a grave in the clouds" where "you won't lie too cramped.
"Death Fugue" [or "Fugue of Death"; or "Todesfuge"]