The author, Lyn Lifshin, shows the emotion he feels throughout the poem, he feels broken and destroyed. The Crystal Night is a night of destruction. “A whole family in shards and this is just the beginning”. Lyn Lifshin even repeats words to emphasize how bad of an image Crystal Night makes him feel. “Glass, Glass shattering in the night” with any punctuation and any complete thoughts. He breaks up his words so he can show us an image. Lifshin describes how terrible The Crystal Night event affects his life.”NOvember light” the author uses vivid titles to express that there is not any light or maybe any life at this point. Crystal Night event affects his life by not having any family to be with. “ Windows slashed like skin pulled tight”. He
