Latin America is a region of happiness and hate, but above all, Latin America is a place of history and change. Like many movements in history there is a rise and a fall, the significance of modernism in the Latin Americas enhances our understanding of the humanities because it gives us a better understanding of human experiences at that time and gives the viewer a sense of connection with those who came before them. Of these people two of them may otherwise be known as Rubén Darío and José Martí. The Spanish-language literary movement Modernismo (also known as Modernismo) emerged in the late 1880s. It was a form of language that has now faded due to changes in society. To begin with, this literary movement had a great influence on romanticism and symbolism, and found influence in European models that were greatly admired ("donquijote.org"). Modernism is a movement that fought against the middle class, seeking an aristocratic improvement in content and beauty of form, changing the metrics of poetry in Spanish to become more similar to classical Latin forms ("donquijote.org"). The theme of modernism mainly focused on love, loneliness, sensuality and eroticism. They were all idealistic for what a woman meant. Exoticism in modern poetry is also vital and manifests itself through the language used, for example flowers with exotic names such as lotus or magnolia; materials such as silk and porcelain; precious stones such as jade, emeralds and rubies; mythological and exotic toponyms; sayings and gallicisms; everything creates an aristocratic atmosphere ("donquijote.org"). Compared to many influential writers of the time, Rubén Darío was and is one of the most influential writers of the century both in Spa... middle of paper ......cuba/history2.htm>."Classicspanishbooks.com." Works by Ruben Dairo. Spanish books. Network. December 4, 2013. "donquijote.org." Modernism in Latin America: Rubén Darío. Don Quixote Salamanca. Network. December 2, 2013. "education.yahoo.com." Modernism. Columbia University Press. Network. 5 December 2013. . Marshallgrad, . "worlpress.com." Latin American modernism and José Martí. Np, February 24, 2007. Web. December 5, 2013. "sfcollege.edu." Notes on Latin American Modernism 1875-1916. NP Network. 4 December 2013. .