Holocaust Poetry #3: 'Daniel' by Laura Crist

How is juxtaposition used in this poem to highlight an important them of Holocaust literature?
The author uses juxtaposition to highlight the constant holocaust theme of mistreatment and brutality. The poem leaves you senseless and really demonstrates the microcosm of the entire Jewish mistreatment that occurred during the holocaust. Juxtaposition is used throughout the whole poem to symbolise the fragility of life and specifically highlight this holocaust them of mistreatment brutality and even the loss of humanity. 

How is descriptive language used to enhance the reader's reaction to the poem?

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.

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