Holocaust Poetry #3: 'Daniel' by Laura Crist

How is juxtaposition used in this poem to highlight an important them of Holocaust literature?

The juxtaposition in the poem is the through the poem it is very nice and happy and then we get to the last line and it suddenly changes and that is all taken away. it is very brutal. it is decenceitizing 

How is descriptive language used to enhance the reader's reaction to the poem? It is used to enhance the readers reaction by evoking sympathy and makes everybody feel sorry for her and make them feel more sadness 

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.