The Dramatic Element in T.S. Eliot’s Poetry According to Eliot,”all great poetry tends towards drama” and this statement is practically used by Eliot in his works. He was essentially dramatic. His early poetry upto The Waste Land was predominantly dramatic in nature. Dramatic Characters:- The dramatic quality of Eliot’s poetry lies in the creation of characters like ‘Prufrock’ . When sincerely observe you can find that Eliot has created an army of unrealistic characters . There is no action or suffering of the character is visible, they are just a combination of ‘ name and voice ’.