Is Eliot's Love Song of Pruefer Locke a love poem? What is the content and theme?
It's called love poem, but it's actually an elegy. Pruefer Locke's love songs describe Pruefer Locke's stream of consciousness in the form of inner monologue. Pruefer Locke symbolizes the modern westerner who is caught in emotional crisis and spiritual emptiness, and the world he lives in symbolizes the modern western society in a state of half-life anesthesia. Love songs combine classical themes with modern urban life themes, showing the frustration and alienation of modern people. The fragmentation of poetry structure and theme complement each other. Breaking the continuity of time and space, obscure images, inheritance and innovation, satire and humor are the main artistic characteristics of love songs.