 "Mexican Revolution Literature" took note of Martínez's poem " "Tuércele el cuello al cisne" (Wring the Neck of the Swan)", written in 1910 and published 1911.In this poem he signifies his break with Modernist rhetoric by indicating his desire to replace the swan, a primordial Modernist symbol, with the owl.He was praised by author and poet Octavio Paz, who said of him, "Martínez was the only true modernist poet Mexico ever had."