Deathfugue
This poem is written about the daily routine in concentration camps. In it, Celan focuses on the activities that prisoners underwent and he describes the peculiar torture of having to play music while other prisoners are murdered or abused. He also repeats phrases through this poem to create the sense of repetition in each day.
Psalm
In this poem, Celan puts an interesting spin on religion and death. He looks at how death is irreversible and almost deifies it. He also brings the idea of heaven into "Psalm" with the final stanza by comparing eternity to a flower.
Black
"Black" is more abstract as a poem. The narrative line is simple, in it a person returns to the poem's speaker in bed, however Celan complicates the relationship between the two people by interspersing the narrator's memories and allowing him to project on the second person.
