英国诗人艾略特的长诗《荒原》似乎是以死亡、空虚和寂寞为主旋律,描述了一战后西方社会传统道德的崩塌,人类灵魂的丧失。然而作者经过分析发现诗人并未对西方社会感到彻底绝望,借助一系列神话人物和意象,力图表达出在绝望中找希望,在死亡中发现重生迹象的愿望,为西方社会的危机积极寻找出路。 English poet Eliot’s poem “Wasteland” seems to be the death, emptiness and loneliness as the main theme, describing the collapse of the traditional morality in Western society after World War I and the loss of human souls. However, after analyzing, the author found that the poet did not completely despair of Western society. With a series of mythical figures and images, the author tried hard to express his wish of looking for hope in desperation and showing signs of rebirth in death, and actively looking for a way out for the crisis of western society.