The article focuses on T. S. Elliot, his poem "The Waste Land," and the connection of his works to poets Geoffrey Chaucer and Dante Alighieri. It states that in May 1959, the poet received the Dante Gold Medal at the Italian Institute in London, England. It says that the poem "The Waste Land" has two allusions such as one from Chaucer and one related to the pedigree of Phlebas.