Holocaust Poetry #2

Homeland
Lois E. Olena

It was Christmas eve
and there was no room in the inn,
the Oswiecim inn,
so the Arrow Cross
took the children,
barefooted
and in their nighties,
out to the Danube
and filled their little bellies
not with bread
but bullets
flipping them
like tiddlywinks
into the congealing, icy river below.

It was the Red Danube
that night,
choking on the blood
of orphan Jews
whose little Blue faces
floated downstream
touring even all of Europe
until they washed up
on the shores of Eretz Yisrael (Jewish homeland)
and came back to life,
their little blue and white
bodies
raised high,
flapping in the wind.
How is imagery used in this poem? There is lots of adjectives and juxtapostion used to creaate vivid pictures in your mind. 
Discuss the effect of the simile in this poem. The similie tidlywinks makes you imagine the children as little insignificante things being flicked around for the fun of it.  
How is alliteration used in the poem? What is the effect? It draws your attention to the phrase for example 'but bullets' 
How does the author juxtapose the innocence of the children to the cruelty they experienced? The author uses words like little, nighties and bare footed to show the childrens innocence. And then words like blood, choked bullets juxtapose this. 
What is meant by 'touring all of Europe'? It happened all over Europe.