How Is Imagery Used In La Guerre De L Humanize

John Evergreen wrote “La Guerre de L'humanité” while fighting in world war II where he was shot and died. Evergreen writes “La Guerre de L'humanité” in hopes to depict to the world just how gruesome and violent war actually is, in hopes to end war. He describes war with no filter leaving every detail visible to the naked eye. He wants to share the belief that, war is unethical and can change humanity in horrific ways, with the use of vivid imagery, the strong symbolism, and the dark connotation.

The imagery of the war creates a strong picture in the reader's mind. “Men lie, covering dirt”, this line of poetry allows the readers to go into the war and picture the events going on. Evergreen much like Wilfred Owen writes with such strong imagery to allow the reader to explore the poem with all five senses, in doing so the readers will get to hear, see, taste, feel,

“A massive pride marches towards the crippled men”. Evergreen uses the word “pride” to symbolize lions. Lions represent strength and independence, this sheds a new light on this line of poetry as it depicts the dominance of the “enemy”. Another example of symbolism is the line “Men lie, covering dirt”, although this line includes imagery, it also contains symbolism, as the line emphasizes the dirt, which as a result devalues the humans. This is significant because the dirt represents war and violence and how during such time no human life is more valued than the actual act of violence, humans are not as important than the whole of the army. Lastly, the war in itself is an example of symbolism as the war symbolizes the destruction of humanity and the evil tendencies of mankind. This idea of excessive violence is exactly what Evergreen was going for while writing this poem. It allows the readers to fully understand what soldiers and actual people go through during such a dark