本文通过把艾略特对但丁诗歌的阐释性评述与艾略特诗歌《荒原》并读的方式 ,从两个方面认识和探究艾略特诗歌复杂性和多样性的根源 :其一 ,艾略特诗歌中频繁的引经据典和多种文字的交织目的是构筑人类文化精神家园的基石 ;其二 ,艾略特诗歌的复杂性和多样性是与代表中世纪思维的寓象方法有关 This essay, based on the etymological elaboration of Eliot’s poetry about Dante and Eliot’s poem “The Waste Land,” explores the root causes of the complexity and diversity of Eliot’s poetry from two aspects: first, Ai Second, the complexity and diversity of Eliot’s poetry are related to the method of representing the thinking of the Middle Ages