user: You are a structured reasoning expert tasked with solving problems step by step. 
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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. 
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Question: Which politician who started his position before 1861 was an influence on Whitman's poetry? 
Knowledge Triplets: Rudyard Kipling, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Langston Hughes, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
Taylor Mali, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
D. H. Lawrence, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Michael Pendragon, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Abraham Lincoln
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Inspired Whitman, Melville.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Fernando Pessoa
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Federico García Lorca
Benjamin Barber, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Jefferson
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced, Norman Ollestad
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Frank Lloyd Wright
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln
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.
Walter Lowenfels, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Charles Baudelaire
During the Civil War (1861-65), Whitman went to Fredericksburg after one of his brothers was wounded there., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Sherwood Anderson
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Edmund Wilson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Gertrude Stein
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Taylor Mali
Benjamin Barber, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Schopenhauer
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
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 Cunningham, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Michaelian
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, met
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Benjamin Barber
Michael McClure, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
John Steinbeck, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Faulkner
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Rimbaud
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
william dean howells met walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Walt Whitman
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced, Wallace Stevens
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Frank Lloyd Wright, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman, people.person.profession, Poet
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
william dean howells met walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, met
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, common.topic.notable_for, g.1z2spm_hj
Paul Auster, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mary Hood
Harry Northup, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Met editor Howells.
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Johannes V. Jensen, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
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.
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Sherwood Anderson
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Sinclair Lewis
Aberjhani, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry David Thoreau
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry Miller
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Carlyle
John Dos Passos, 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.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_by, Henry David Thoreau
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
Rudyard Kipling, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry James
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Thomas Hardy
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Tristan Tzara
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Abraham Lincoln
Robinson Jeffers, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael Cunningham
Edgar Allan Poe, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harold Bloom
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robinson Jeffers
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mary Oliver
He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Oscar Wilde, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
William Michaelian, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Wallace Stevens, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Frost
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walter Lowenfels
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Wallace Stevens
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, William Dean Howells
He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Thomas Jefferson
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Charles Baudelaire
John Green, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Brautigan
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Bob Dylan
John Donne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced, Frank Lloyd Wright
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Richard McCann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Louisa May Alcott
T. S. Eliot, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walter Scott
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Immanuel Kant
Felice Picano, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, The third edition of \"Leaves of Grass\", brought out by a Boston publisher in 1860, became infamous.
Edmund Wilson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Rimbaud
Cormac McCarthy, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ernest Hemingway
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
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Philip Levine
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, William James
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jorge Luis Borges
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harold Bloom
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Walt Whitman
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Jack Kerouac, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Russell Banks, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Loren Eiseley
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Russell Banks
Robert Peters, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Rorty
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Mark Twain
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.
Edgar Allan Poe, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Fernando Cabrera, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Paul Éluard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walter Lowenfels
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Clarence Darrow
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Guy de Maupassant
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired by
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.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Diane Wakoski
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\".
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Paul Éluard
William Carlos Williams, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Thomas Carlyle, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry David Thoreau
William Hazlitt, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Donne
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 Hazlitt, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harold Bloom
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.recordings, Look Down, Fair Moon
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael Pendragon
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Abraham Lincoln
Mary Hood, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Henry Miller, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, James Joyce
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.recordings, Sometimes With One I Love
Vincent Louis Carrella, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Brautigan
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Pablo Neruda
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Hart Crane
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, common.topic.subject_of, Poets of the Past and Present in 2014 Spotlight
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry David Thoreau
Charles Bukowski, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Oscar Wilde
Edgar Lee Masters, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, William Carlos Williams
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robinson Jeffers
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Russell Banks
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Galway Kinnell
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Miguel de Cervantes
Oton Župančič, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Philip Levine, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Keats
William Wordsworth, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Felice Picano
During the Civil War (1861-65), Whitman went to Fredericksburg after one of his brothers was wounded there., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates, m.0c0z8wr
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Dylan Thomas
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
Walt Whitman, people.person.quotations, To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
Frank Stanford, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Hart Crane, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt 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.
Miguel de Cervantes, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams.
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Carlyle
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.
Richard Brautigan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Allen Ginsberg
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Dos Passos
Walt Whitman edit 2, common.image.appears_in_topic_gallery, Historical poetry
Bob Dylan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.lyricist, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, The content of his poetry was equally controversial.
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Milton
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cornel West, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Thomas Jefferson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Benjamin Barber
William James, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walter Lowenfels, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Paul Auster
Walter Scott, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
william dean howells met walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, William Dean Howells
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Michael C. Ford, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
John Berryman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
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.
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates, m.0c0z8sr
The content of his poetry was equally controversial., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.peers, m.03btdq_
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mark Twain
John Most, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Jan Smuts, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, While studying in England, wrote a book about American poet Whitman, but could not get it published.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Louisa May Alcott
Abraham Lincoln, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edgar Allan Poe
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Faulkner
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, wrote poem about
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Joseph Campbell
Henry Miller, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ebenezer Howard
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Rimbaud
Felice Picano, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
John Keats, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jack Kerouac
Richard Brautigan, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, common.topic.notable_for, g.1z2sr0wd8
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Billy Childish
Billy Childish, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Cormac McCarthy
The third edition of \"Leaves of Grass\", brought out by a Boston publisher in 1860, became infamous., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Wallace Stevens, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edgar Allan Poe
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Fernando Pessoa, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard McCann
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Richard Brautigan
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, common.topic.notable_types, Composition
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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.
Richard Rorty, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Mary Oliver, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, T. S. Eliot
Diane Wakoski, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
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.
Galway Kinnell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Larry Heinemann
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edward Bellamy
Knut Hamsun, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
William Dean Howells, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Howells made a brief visit to New York, where he was intrigued by the poet Whitman.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Mark Twain
Thomas Carlyle, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ebenezer Howard
Richard Brautigan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ernest Hemingway
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
William Carlos Williams, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edwin Morgan
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.
Edmund Wilson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, James Joyce
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Immanuel Kant
James Broughton, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, D. H. Lawrence
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Langston Hughes
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Aberjhani
Jorge Luis Borges, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
John Dos Passos, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Jefferson
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Dean Howells
He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Wordsworth
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry Miller
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Luís de Camões
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Rudyard Kipling
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, influenced
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edmund Wilson
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henri Bergson
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.composer, Ned Rorem
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, David Biespiel
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Milton
Ezra Pound, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Peters
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
David Biespiel, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael C. Ford
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Frank Stanford
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Green
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Vincent Louis Carrella
Sherwood Anderson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Abraham Lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, James Broughton
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.lyricist, Walt Whitman
William Faulkner, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Norman Ollestad, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ernest Hemingway
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
Federico García Lorca, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Larry Heinemann
Cormac McCarthy, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Carlos Williams
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ezra Pound
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harry Northup
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Jack Kerouac, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Berryman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael McClure
Sherwood Anderson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals.
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jack Kerouac
John Milton, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Pablo Neruda, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Immanuel Kant
Henry James, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Rudyard Kipling
Tristan Tzara, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Rimbaud
m.03btdq_, influence.peer_relationship.peers, Walt Whitman
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He inspired Darrow.
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Hermann Hesse
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edgar Allan Poe
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, Johannes V. Jensen
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Oton Župančič
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edgar Lee Masters
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Thomas Jefferson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.composer, Ned Rorem
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Fernando Cabrera
Thomas Jefferson, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Dos Passos
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Most
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people.
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Wallace Stevens

Answer: Abraham Lincoln