Rashid's poetry is one of the most significant voices in modern Urdu Nazm, distinguished by its intellectual breadth, symbolic depth, and stylistic experimentation. His poetry reflects profound influences from world literature, particularly Western literary and philosophical movements such as Symbolism, Existentialism, Modernism, and Romanticism. These influences are evident in the themes, style, imagery, and intellectual perspective of his poems. Rashid not only assimilated certain trends of Western poetry into Urdu Nazm but also harmonized them with local experiences and cultural consciousness. This study analyzes these influences on Rashid's poetry, examining the impact of poets like T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Baudelaire, and others. The research highlights how Rashid’s poetry was shaped by global literary trends and how he introduced new possibilities to Urdu poetry.