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,

and hear exactly what the poem is trying to depict to the reader. The line “Their bloodied, battered uniforms are stained with waste and flesh” allows the readers to see what humanity is capable of in war, the lengths they would go to, to win.
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In the poem “La Guerre de L'humanité” Evergreen uses symbolism to create depth and to give a new meaning to his words.

“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

time.

The connotation of the poem creates an undeniably dark fictional atmosphere for the readers. The connotation of this poetic line,“Their dying wails echo and echo”, helps illustrate the pain within the environment, words like “dying” best illustrate this dark idea as “dying” accelerates the idea of death during a war-torn time. Another line of poetry, “Their bloodied, battered uniforms are stained with waste and flesh”. ---------- Words and phrases like “bloodied” and “stained with waste and flesh” create a harsh, violent environment that provides the dark mood. The connotation of the poem leaves the readers with a heavy sense of awareness of just how barbaric war actually is.

War is unethical and can change humanity in horrific ways, with the use of vivid imagery, the strong symbolism, and the dark connotation. This poem strongly relates to the current events happening in the world today. The Syrian civil war is a real world, ongoing example of the violence of war. This horrific nature of this war leaves a generation of Syrian children to face psychological ruin. ---------.