Holocaust

Reznikoff’s “Holocaust” was a very intense collect of stories about the horrific happenings during the holocaust. The author presents severely descriptive stories that quickly evoke strong emotions and clear mental images within the reader. The work was very organized and simple. Each line presented a new part of the story that was a continuation of the previous statements. The repetition of certain ideas drilled important facts and people into the reader’s mind. The end of the “Holocaust” reading states that a poet often “deletes material… he sharpens diction, improves rhythm, and rids the source of figurative language and other rhetorical embellishments; he reduces the story to its dramatic essentials.” I think Reznikoff is a strong example of this because he picked out the important details of the story that would stand out and evoke the reader’s emotions.