Holocaust Poetry #3: 'Daniel' by Laura Crist

How is juxtaposition used in this poem to highlight an important them of Holocaust literature? The difference between the woman and the boy and then we get a stark change.


How is descriptive language used to enhance the reader's reaction to the poem?  Descriptive language is used in this poem to enhance the readers reaction by creating a mental image in our heads of this little boy so that we feel more sadness than we would feel if Laura Christ just told us about boy who was killed in the holocaust. 

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.