The image of standing in a cemetery and the reflections of how people stand there still living but, feel dead. It speaks about the tragedy of war and the longing for peace. The Author Yehuda Amichai shows plenty of emotions, a couple he expresses are grief and sorrow. In “Laments on the War Dead,” Yehuda Amichai uses incremental repetition and extended simile in order to express grief and sorrow.
A LOOK INSIDE: lAMENTS ON THE WAR DEAD, Yehuda Amichai
Note: Amichai is probably the most widely translated Hebrew poet.
There’s also a use of extended similes in Laments on the War Dead. Yehuda does a comparison that is developed over several lines of this poem. Lines 18- 23 compares a light and love, we are so confident in the power of sight to reveal the truth so light might mean the true meaning of love for the many people that died in the war. He says “leave a little love always lit, like the nightlight in a sleeping infant’s room, not that he knows what light is.” Which might mean that mourning and grieving over the soldiers is just another meaning for security and silent love.