Symbolism in Akhavan's Poetry

Symbol or code is one of the tools that has gained a special status in the works of post- fourth-century poets and authors, especially in mystic works. Of contemporary poets, Mehdi Akhavan Saless, who is regarded to be a committed poet, has used symbols and codes in his poetry. Dictatorship and suppression cause the symbols and codes in such poems to get complicated. To suggest his mental concepts, he personifies animals like horses, wolves, owls, … and plants such as cedars and conifers.