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When I Am Asked

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"When I Am Asked" is a poem by Lisel Mueller, a German-born American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1997. The poem reflects on grief and the power of language to express it. Mueller, who fled Nazi Germany, often explored themes of cultural and family history in her work. Her poetry is known for its introspective nature and lyrical style, often drawing on mythological elements with accessible language. Mueller was influenced by modernist poets like W.H. Auden and T.S. Eliot.12

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