象征主义和意象主义是19世纪至20世纪在欧美影响较大的两次诗坛革命。象征主义诗歌被视为开创西方现代文学的滥觞,意象主义被誉为“英语文学中的一场革命”。因为两派有着密切的历史联系和一些相同的诗论主张,所以常常会被人们混淆。本文试图以象征主义代表人物艾略特和意象主义代表人物威廉斯的诗歌为例,从哲学基础、诗学特征等方面来分析两者的区别与联系。 Symbolism and Imagism are the two poetic revolutions that greatly influenced Europe and the United States from the 19th century to the 20th century. Symbolism poetry is regarded as the origin of modern western literature. Imagism is praised as “a revolution in English literature”. Because the two factions have close historical ties with some of the same poetic assertions, they are often confused by people. This article attempts to analyze the difference and connection between the two, from the philosophical basis and poetic characteristics, taking the symbolism representative Eliot and the imaginative representative Williams as examples.