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Originally Posted by John Whitworth
But Dylan means them to mean something. He is writing political stuff. The case of Stevens (no Nobel there either) is a special one. Dylan's lines are duff.
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Well, as concerns the "white dove" in Dylan's lyrics, it's probably not a difficult or great leap to conclude that the
dove has something to with peace, since it's an ancient and universal symbol for peace, love, and hope. One is not under any obligation to embrace Dylan's lyrics as great poetry, but to declare the lines you mention as obscure and beyond meaning is rather nonsensical.
Richard