user: You are a structured reasoning expert tasked with solving problems step by step. 
You first think about the reasoning process in the mind and then provide the answer. The reasoning process and answer should be enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> reasoning process here </think> <answer> answer here </answer>. 
Given a question and the associated knowledge graph triplets (entity, relation, entity), you are asked to answer the question with these triplets and your own knowledge. 
You can break down the original question into several sub-questions and explore the given knowledge graph to solve them step-by-step. If there are multiple possible answers, choose one as the final answer. 
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Question: Who influenced Whitman 's poetry, and is the politician that held his/her government position until 1842? 
Knowledge Triplets: Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jack Kerouac
Walt Whitman edit 2, common.image.appears_in_topic_gallery, Historical poetry
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robinson Jeffers
Billy Childish, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Pablo Neruda, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Paul Auster
Walter Scott, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, The first volume contained 12 poems, the most notable being \"Song of Myself\".
In 1842 Whitman was editing a daily newspaper, the \"New York Aurora\"., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates, m.0c0z8s5
walt whitman inspired jan christiaan smuts, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henri Bergson
John Keats, influence.influence_node.influenced, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mary Hood
He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William S. Burroughs
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, music.lyricist.lyrics_written, Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael C. Ford
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.lyricist, Walt Whitman
Edgar Allan Poe, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
William Carlos Williams, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
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.
David Biespiel, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, The content of his poetry was equally controversial.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Russell Banks
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Michaelian
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, David Biespiel
Paul Éluard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Walt Whitman
Paul Auster, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Rimbaud
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, wrote poem about
In 1842 Whitman was editing a daily newspaper, the \"New York Aurora\"., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, Four years later he became the editor of the \"Brooklyn Daily Eagle\".
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Peters
Sherwood Anderson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
In 1842 Whitman was editing a daily newspaper, the \"New York Aurora\"., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, music.lyricist.lyrics_written, Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, D. H. Lawrence
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired jan christiaan smuts, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Jan Smuts
Federico García Lorca, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William Michaelian, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.recordings, Look Down, Fair Moon
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Felice Picano
Wallace Stevens, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Rimbaud
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
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.
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Carlos Williams
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Wallace Stevens
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Neal Cassady
William Faulkner, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Tristan Tzara
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Carlyle
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He inspired Darrow.
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He inspired Darrow.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Diane Wakoski
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, T. S. Eliot
Walt Whitman, people.person.quotations, To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
Russell Banks, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Michael Cunningham, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
m.03btdq_, influence.peer_relationship.peers, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Larry Heinemann
Langston Hughes, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mary Oliver
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Charles Baudelaire
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Galway Kinnell
walt whitman inspired jan christiaan smuts, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Schopenhauer
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Most
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.
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.
Michael Pendragon, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Robinson Jeffers, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired by
Four years later he became the editor of the \"Brooklyn Daily Eagle\"., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, In 1842 Whitman was editing a daily newspaper, the \"New York Aurora\".
D. H. Lawrence, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ezra Pound, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
James Broughton, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Pablo Neruda
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Abraham Lincoln
Tristan Tzara, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
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.
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
Michael McClure, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Milton
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Hermann Hesse
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Carlos Williams
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robinson Jeffers
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Rimbaud
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Hart Crane
Thomas Carlyle, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Aberjhani
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Abraham Lincoln
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Rudyard Kipling, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams.
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Another poem in the third edition, \"Children of Adam\", was also considered scandalous because it celebrated love outside marriage., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, There is no evidence that Whitman was homosexual, but there is no evidence of the children, either.
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, James Joyce
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Mary Oliver, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Larry Heinemann
He inspired Darrow., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, William Carlos Williams
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edgar Allan Poe
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, common.topic.notable_types, Composition
Benjamin Barber, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Joseph Campbell
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Miguel de Cervantes
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Clarence Darrow, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael Pendragon
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Dylan Thomas
Hart Crane, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Richard Brautigan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Neal Cassady
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ebenezer Howard
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.peers, m.03btdq_
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Sherwood Anderson
Henry Miller, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
He inspired Darrow., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections, walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow
William Wordsworth, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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.
John Most, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walter Lowenfels, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Faulkner
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Clarence Darrow
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Brautigan
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
John Milton, influence.influence_node.influenced, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Benjamin Barber
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jorge Luis Borges
Michael C. Ford, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William Hazlitt, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
William Dean Howells, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Howells made a brief visit to New York, where he was intrigued by the poet Whitman.
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Aberjhani, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry Miller
T. S. Eliot, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Clarence Darrow
William James, influence.influence_node.influenced, Gertrude Stein
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walter Lowenfels
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walter Scott
Walt Whitman, book.poem_character.appears_in_poems, A Supermarket in California
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Fernando Pessoa
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Dean Howells
Clarence Darrow, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman
Vincent Louis Carrella, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William Carlos Williams, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people.
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.lyricist, Walt Whitman
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edwin Morgan
William Hazlitt, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Wordsworth
John Milton, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
The content of his poetry was equally controversial., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Edmund Wilson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Rimbaud
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael Cunningham
John Dos Passos, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Met editor Howells.
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Keats
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.
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Brautigan
Frank Stanford, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
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.
Galway Kinnell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Jack Kerouac, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Dos Passos
William S. Burroughs, 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
Abraham Lincoln, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Federico García Lorca
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harold Bloom
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, William Dean Howells
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Johannes V. Jensen
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Wordsworth
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edgar Lee Masters
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Poets of the Past and Present in 2014 Spotlight, common.topic.subjects, Walt Whitman
Benjamin Barber, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, Russell Banks
jan christiaan smuts wrote book on walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, While studying in England, wrote a book about American poet Whitman, but could not get it published.
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Allen Ginsberg
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.composer, Ned Rorem
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Faulkner
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jorge Luis Borges
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Philip Levine
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, In 1842 Whitman was editing a daily newspaper, the \"New York Aurora\".
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edgar Allan Poe
Henri Bergson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Schopenhauer
Harry Northup, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walter Lowenfels
Robert Peters, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, people.person.profession, Poet
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Taylor Mali
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.
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, common.topic.notable_types, Composition
William Wordsworth, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired by
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.
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, Philip Roth
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Billy Childish
He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry David Thoreau
Thomas Carlyle, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Mary Hood, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jorge Luis Borges
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too., media_common.quotation.author, Walt Whitman
Johannes V. Jensen, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Jorge Luis Borges, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Berryman
He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, common.topic.notable_for, g.1z2sr0wd8
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Rimbaud
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.
Edgar Allan Poe, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Richard Brautigan, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
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.
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Fernando Cabrera
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, common.topic.notable_for, g.1z2spm_hj
Diane Wakoski, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams.
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, met
Jan Smuts, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, While studying in England, wrote a book about American poet Whitman, but could not get it published.
Walter Lowenfels, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Charles Baudelaire
Fernando Pessoa, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ebenezer Howard
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ezra Pound
There is no evidence that Whitman was homosexual, but there is no evidence of the children, either., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_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, Oton Župančič
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.
John Keats, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Frost
Oton Župančič, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Thomas Hardy
Ralph Waldo Emerson, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Inspired Whitman, Melville.
Richard Rorty, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
John Berryman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Miguel de Cervantes
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Inspired Whitman, Melville.
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.recordings, Sometimes With One I Love
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fernando Cabrera, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Oscar Wilde, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
John Donne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Paul Éluard
Philip Levine, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired
James Salter, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Berryman
Thomas Jefferson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Benjamin Barber
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Robert Browning
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Richard Brautigan
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Rorty
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jack Kerouac
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard McCann
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Taylor Mali, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Richard McCann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harry Northup
Sherwood Anderson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Keats
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Felice Picano, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael McClure
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates, m.0c0z8sr
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, James Broughton
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Bob Dylan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Vincent Louis Carrella
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Schopenhauer
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Bob Dylan
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.composer, Ned Rorem
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Langston Hughes
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Frank Stanford
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Oscar Wilde
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Russell Banks
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
John Green, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Carlos Williams
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Abraham Lincoln
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.
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William S. Burroughs
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Green
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, influenced
Edgar Lee Masters, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, 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

Answer: Abraham Lincoln