諾貝爾文學獎得主、英國詩人艾略特(T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965),以春天振奮律動的音樂,引帶我們瞻望的行進中,因著潛藏的幾乎是爆炸性的反諷意味,而捲入只能是步步猶疑的期望,來開啟讀者深入的探尋,衍生出434行的《荒原》,從〈死人的殯葬〉、〈一局棋戲〉、〈火誡〉、〈水淹之死〉到〈雷聲的預言〉共五章節,滿載著神話、歷史、哲學、宗教的意象與音節,夾以倫敦方言,描繪出當代人性的荒蕪與困境,
Apart from “new poetry” composed in the vernacular language, the tradition of classical poetry originating in China has also been maintained in Taiwan. We cannot ignore the fact that those poets who c