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Question: Who held his governmental position from before April 4, 1861 and influenced Whitman's poetry? 
Knowledge Triplets: William Faulkner, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Steinbeck
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Bob Dylan
Edgar Lee Masters, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, D. H. Lawrence
Clarence Darrow, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Darrow was inspired Inspired by Walt Whitman and was a member of the Walt Whitman Fellowship in Chicago.
Richard Brautigan, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Frank O'Hara
Ezra Pound, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walter Lowenfels
John Berryman, influence.influence_node.influenced, James Salter
Cornel West, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walter Scott
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Louisa May Alcott
Taylor Mali, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Philip Levine, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Cormac McCarthy
Thomas Jefferson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Benjamin Barber
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Sherwood Anderson
m.03btdq_, influence.peer_relationship.peers, Walt Whitman
Louisa May Alcott, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Met editor Howells.
He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Mark Twain
He inspired Darrow., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections, walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow
During the Civil War (1861-65), Whitman went to Fredericksburg after one of his brothers was wounded there., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, Another poem in the third edition, \"Children of Adam\", was also considered scandalous because it celebrated love outside marriage.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Green
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Carlyle
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Rainer Maria Rilke
D. H. Lawrence, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people.
William Carlos Williams, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Russell Banks, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Federico García Lorca
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Felice Picano
In 1873, Whitman had the first of a series of  strokes that left him partly paralyzed., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, He went to live at his brother's home in Camden, NJ, and in 1874, he lost his government job.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman
He went to live at his brother's home in Camden, NJ, and in 1874, he lost his government job., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Edgar Allan Poe, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Frank O'Hara, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Rimbaud
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Billy Childish, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jack Kerouac
Abraham Lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln
Clarence Darrow, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
During the Civil War (1861-65), Whitman went to Fredericksburg after one of his brothers was wounded there., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
He claimed transcendentalist Emerson's view of nature had inspired him, though Whitman's view was much more robust., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Miguel de Cervantes, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Philip Levine
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Henri Bergson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Schopenhauer
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Dean Howells
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.lyricist, Walt Whitman
Frank O'Hara, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Carlos Williams
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
He claimed transcendentalist Emerson's view of nature had inspired him, though Whitman's view was much more robust., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections, walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
John Keats, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Rimbaud
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
Felice Picano, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Faulkner
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, David Biespiel
He went to live at his brother's home in Camden, NJ, and in 1874, he lost his government job., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, In 1873, Whitman had the first of a series of  strokes that left him partly paralyzed.
Fernando Cabrera, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Heinrich von Kleist
Tristan Tzara, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
The content of his poetry was equally controversial., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Mark Twain
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Neal Cassady
Johannes V. Jensen, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, During the Civil War (1861-65), Whitman went to Fredericksburg after one of his brothers was wounded there.
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Charles Baudelaire
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry Miller
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Keats
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, The content of his poetry was equally controversial.
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William S. Burroughs
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Abraham Lincoln
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Inspired Whitman, Melville.
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Frank Lloyd Wright
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edwin Morgan
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, influenced
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael Pendragon
He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates, m.0c0z8sr
John Donne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.recordings, Look Down, Fair Moon
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Hart Crane
Walter Lowenfels, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Wordsworth
Pablo Neruda, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, met
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Larry Heinemann
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Loren Eiseley
Thomas Carlyle, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
William Dean Howells, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Howells made a brief visit to New York, where he was intrigued by the poet Whitman.
T. S. Eliot, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
John Ruskin, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harold Bloom
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Lowell
Jack Kerouac, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Langston Hughes
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Walt Whitman
Rainer Maria Rilke, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Berryman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Wordsworth
Frank Stanford, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mary Hood
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.peers, m.03btdq_
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Frank Stanford
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edgar Allan Poe
Oton Župančič, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Rimbaud
Federico García Lorca, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Sherwood Anderson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William Faulkner, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Luís de Camões, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, T. S. Eliot
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Tristan Tzara
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry Miller
James Salter, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Berryman
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Fernando Pessoa, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
John Dos Passos, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Jefferson
Aberjhani, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
He inspired Darrow., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He inspired Darrow.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired by
Edmund Wilson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Gertrude Stein
Wallace Stevens, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jack Kerouac
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Richard Brautigan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Vincent Louis Carrella, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Michael Pendragon, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Johannes V. Jensen
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Aberjhani
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Clarence Darrow
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Vincent Louis Carrella
Thomas Carlyle, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry David Thoreau
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, wrote poem about
John Green, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Marcel Proust
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Rimbaud
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ebenezer Howard
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael Cunningham
Walt Whitman, S. 384, music.composition.composer, Charles Ives
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Wallace Stevens
John Dewey, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Dylan Thomas
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Larry Heinemann
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henri Bergson
John Most, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Peters
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael McClure
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He inspired Darrow.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, James Broughton
Benjamin Barber, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Jefferson
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, William Carlos Williams
He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate.
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Schopenhauer
Walt Whitman edit 2, common.image.appears_in_topic_gallery, Historical poetry
Paul Auster, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
John Berryman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, people.person.profession, Poet
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Miguel de Cervantes
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Milton
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Billy Childish
Loren Eiseley, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Michael C. Ford, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
Abraham Lincoln, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael C. Ford
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Richard Rorty, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Bob Dylan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, William Dean Howells
David Biespiel, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Diane Wakoski
Walter Scott, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Paul Auster
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robinson Jeffers
Diane Wakoski, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate.
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He claimed transcendentalist Emerson's view of nature had inspired him, though Whitman's view was much more robust.
James Broughton, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced, Frank Lloyd Wright
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Fernando Cabrera
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Paul Éluard
Ralph Waldo Emerson, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Southey
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mary Oliver
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hart Crane, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Berryman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He went to live at his brother's home in Camden, NJ, and in 1874, he lost his government job.
clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Darrow was inspired Inspired by Walt Whitman and was a member of the Walt Whitman Fellowship in Chicago.
John Berryman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Lowell
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.composer, Ned Rorem
Oscar Wilde, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Paul Verlaine, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Charles Baudelaire
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Cormac McCarthy, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams.
William Carlos Williams, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
William Wordsworth, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jorge Luis Borges, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Joseph Campbell
Mary Oliver, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Mary Hood, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Most
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Hermann Hesse
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walter Lowenfels
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edgar Allan Poe
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harold Bloom
Robinson Jeffers, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Michaelian, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Robert Peters, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Marcel Proust, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
william dean howells met walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Howells made a brief visit to New York, where he was intrigued by the poet Whitman.
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals.
Benjamin Barber, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Galway Kinnell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robert Lowell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Berryman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Pablo Neruda
Edgar Allan Poe, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mark Twain
Pablo Neruda, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Charles Baudelaire
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, common.topic.notable_for, g.1z2sr0wd8
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edmund Wilson
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Carlos Williams
Langston Hughes, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Jack Kerouac, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Oscar Wilde
Michael McClure, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Oton Župančič
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired
Robert Lowell, influence.influence_node.influenced, Sylvia Plath
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harry Northup
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry James
Paul Éluard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Wallace Stevens
Russell Banks, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Richard McCann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jorge Luis Borges
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry Miller, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Michaelian
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walter Lowenfels
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Neal Cassady
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired by
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Russell Banks
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Peters
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Frost
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He claimed transcendentalist Emerson's view of nature had inspired him, though Whitman's view was much more robust.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Immanuel Kant
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ezra Pound
Ralph Waldo Emerson, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Inspired Whitman, Melville.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard McCann
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Thomas Jefferson
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Louisa May Alcott
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Benjamin Barber
Harry Northup, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
During the Civil War (1861-65), Whitman went to Fredericksburg after one of his brothers was wounded there., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates, m.0c0z8wr
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Taylor Mali
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Rorty
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.lyricist, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Fernando Pessoa
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Abraham Lincoln
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Brautigan
Rudyard Kipling, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Thomas Carlyle, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Ruskin
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William S. Burroughs
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln
John Milton, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Michael Cunningham, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Abraham Lincoln
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, William James
Denise Levertov, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Another poem in the third edition, \"Children of Adam\", was also considered scandalous because it celebrated love outside marriage., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, During the Civil War (1861-65), Whitman went to Fredericksburg after one of his brothers was wounded there.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ebenezer Howard
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Clarence Darrow
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edgar Lee Masters
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.composer, Ned Rorem
John Dos Passos, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edmund Wilson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Galway Kinnell
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Dos Passos

Answer: Abraham Lincoln