In mondays class we went over why cuba became such an inters to the U.S. and how the spanish American war such a big deal for spain. i found it very interesting that the spanish-American war inspired poets in the way it did. I was interesting to hear and even think about how losing a war made people redifine theirselves and their country. I liked the idea of looking to the center of ones country to define who they were as a people instead of looking to the world outside to find who they were as a people. I think it gave them more a definition of who they were and it showed in their poems. my favorit one is the one wher they talk of loneliness. It is sad but it is powerful, and defining.