The Waste Land is regarded as one of the most important poetic documents of the twentieth century. It portrays profoundly the poet's sad state of mind as well as the era's absence of healthy spiritual thought. The Waste Land is a contemporary poetry in English literature. It was written by T. S. Eliot between November 1923 and May 1924. Some believe that the title refers to the "wasteland" of modern civilization, while others see it as a metaphor for human life or even for time itself. However, what's certain is that the poem is full of references to various arts and media including literature, music, painting, and sculpture. In addition, The Waste Land discusses such topics as extinction, decay, death, destruction, disillusionment, anxiety, paranoia, madness, loneliness, hope, redemption, forgiveness, growth, improvement, evolution, and society with its limitations and illusions. Finally, The Waste Land is considered a seminal work because of its significant impact on other poets and writers such as Ezra Pound, Wilfred Owen, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, and Louis Zukofsky. These men all contributed to the development of modernism in poetry. Ezra Pound praised The Waste Land as "a remarkable piece of work". He went on to say that "it is not possible to quote more than part of it here".