Poetry Analysis of "And the Sun Still Dared to Shine"
The Holocaust during World War II is one of the best documented and most horrendous periods of human existence. There have been other times in history where as many were senselessly killed in a short amount of time, but never have they been subjected to all of the horrors to which the Jews in the concentration camps were participants. A book of poetry by Peter Sheponik called "And the Sun Still Dared to Shine" was recently gathered to showcase free verse poetry written by survivors of the Holocaust. It is powerful book, filled with many themes that speak even more deeply to the horror and loss experienced during those dark years. This paper will look at three poems -- "In the Country," "Children of the Gas" and "Bread of Life" -- through which the theme of youth and the despair such a time brings to those who should be laughing and playing rather than giving their childhood up to worry about destruction.
Every person has some memory of being young, and to most it is a carefree time. Unfortunately, there is a small segment of the population that does not care about the innocence of youth due to their own selfish desires. Adolph Hitler convinced his people, in his charismatic way, that even the blameless, children of the Jews could not be left alive to infect the Aryan race. He may have even believed that the children were the most to be despise because they could grow into long-lived members of...
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