"The little one sleeps in it's cradle,
I lift the gauze and look a long time, silently brush
away flies with my hand.
This section portrays the authors feelings about death. The author uses peaceful gentle, and calm diction to describe the death of a child showing the speaker doesn't believe death is something to fear. "sleep" connotes restfulness and calm. Flies are a symbol for death to allow the reader to recognize the "little one" is dead. "Silent" is another word creating a calming tone. The speaker can silently and calmly face death even the death of a "little one," which usually make any death even harder for people to understand or deal with.
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