Modernismo began in the late 1800s. It originated in Latin America and spread to Spain. This movement is said to have many sources, but its main impact is derived from French symbolism and the Parnassian. This movement was a great influence on the Hispanic world. It was one of the first artistic movements in Spanish peninsula. The poets of the Modernismo movement used free verse and aesthetic imagery. Some well-known poets are Edgar Allen Poe and Walt Whitman.