Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 2

[bluel0bster]

They can be symbolic of anything. There is no reason to think that TCR would use obvious Romantic symbolism in this poem, especially given the setting. Have you guys considered that the first line may be purely phonetic? It has a poetic ring to it that sets the mood for the rest of the piece. Kind of like "Roses are red, violets are blue", though not as elementary.

Sure, anything "can" be symbolic of pretty much anything else, but commonly accepted symbolism does exist in literature. The dove, for example, represents the holy spirit in the Bible, and the end of a disaster in multiple ancient texts. More generally, they almost universally represent peace or love.

If you're arguing that the reference to doves in meaningless because it helps constitute the form of the poem, then why not go with something that rhymes with the second line? The third and fourth line rhyme, it would make sense to use something else, if the only purpose of this poem is to be "purely phonetic."