The symbolic aspect of colors in the movement of the socialist poetry of Afghanistan

The Symbols manifest role in creating images and conveying poetic concepts. Colors find a symbolic form in poetry to express emotions viz, anger, fear, and love. Poets use colors in the real sense to sensualize beauty. Sometimes, considering their symbolic aspects, they draw abstract concepts. The movement of socialist poetry in Afghanistan, poets, with a deep look at the phenomena of existence and awareness of the diverse and symbolic concepts of colors, have used different colors to express their ideals and desires. Present study, actualizes descriptive-analytical method to analyze the symbolic position of color in the said movement. The results show that the symbolic use of colors is prominent in this poetic movement. The color, red: is a clear symbol of freedom and communist thought; black is a symbol of suffocation and tyranny ruling the society. Poets of this realm have found a way out of the black symbol in red color. The white color is a clear symbol of peace and victory while other colors such as green, blue, and yellow, which have the highest frequency among the main colors along with other colors, are considered important elements of symbol creation in the movement of socialist poetry.