Daniel
Laura Crist
And the child held her hand
A child tiny for almost eight,
Deep blue eyes that dominated his face,
When he explained new events to her,
that funny doggy,
that pretty rock,
And the freckles on his cheek,
No one saw a sunrise more perfect,
to her,
She so vividly smells the fragrance of
his hair,
his ears,
his breath in the morning
She vividly hears that little heartbeat,
that was hers
always hers,
and the laughter,
that raspy little laugh,
when he caught her in a conundrum.
All this,
But this is merely the surface,
As she watches her little God sheared,
and stripped,
For the gas chamber.
How is juxtaposition used in this poem to highlight an important them of Holocaust literature?
Juxtaposition has been used to describe the perfectness of the child and the connection that the child has to his mother. This is an important theme of the holocaust because it shows the innocence of the children and how their lives were ruined.
How is descriptive language used to enhance the reader's reaction to the poem?
Descriptive language is used to create a connection between the reader and the son through imagery and description of the child innocense and then juxtapose that with a sudden change of mood through description of how that child was being stripped for the gas chamber.
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