It is one of the most famous works by Chirico and an early example of his pre-surrealist style, though it was painted ten years before the movement was "founded" by André Breton in 1924.

This time however, the main focus is a small wall on which is mounted a Greek sculpted head and a surgeon's glove.

[1] The metaphysical art movement was created by Chirico and Carlo Carrà, who had previously been a futurist.

With these driving elements in his paintings, Chirico created a dreamlike reality that was beyond the physical world.

[2] Aspects like the strange grouping of objects in The Song of Love are what André Breton and the surrealists looked up to when organizing their movement.