Holocaust Poetry #3: 'Daniel' by Laura Cris

How is juxtaposition used in this poem to highlight an important them of Holocaust literature?
Juxtaposition is used in this poem how we see at the start of the poem we see how great life was with all the colorful description used then all of a sudden life was gone by the gas chamber. 

The proportion of happiness to darkness in the poem represents how life was so great and then how quickly how life was taken away. Cruelty by ambition (loss of humanity) 

Fragility of life 

How is descriptive language used to enhance the reader's reaction to the poem?
Descriptive language is used in this poem to enhance the reader's reaction by means of juxtaposition. "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" This description given about what we infer to be the interaction between a daughter and mother is so happy and colorful. "But this is merely the surface,As she watches her little God sheared,and stripped,For the gas chamber." Once again we are given a strong description which contains loss of humanity and cruelty. The author juxtaposes this to create a strong message about how great life was and how quickly all that changed resulting to the end of life.
 

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.

What visual techniques are employed in this painting?

How do these visual techniques highlight major thematic elements of holocaust art and literature?

 The use of color and representation black being evil and red being the hope 

of the Jews that the evil is overpowering the hope of the jews which represents

 the greater picture of the Holocaust how in the end the Jews were helpless 

against the Nazi power and Brutality

The use of lines and colour are used by the artist to symbolise the struggle 

evil and hope between the Nazi's and the Jew's in the Holocaust. The dark evil 

black and white colour which is used to represent the Nazi people and the red used

to symbolise the Jew's hope is being infected by the black colour seeping through

to the red. These vectors makes us come to the conclusion that the Nazi's are 

strangling all hope from the Jews and the evil is overpowering the Jew's Hope.  

Notes:

Techniques 

quotes (How used) 

How relates to theme

Holocaust themes (Loss of innocence, loss of humanity, Nazi Brutality, fragility