Walt Whitman

E12563
American poet essayist human journalist nurse poet printer teacher

Walt Whitman was a pioneering 19th-century American poet and essayist best known for his groundbreaking poetry collection "Leaves of Grass," which profoundly influenced modern literature.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Walter Whitman 1
Whitman 1

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American poet ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
nurse ⓘ
poet ⓘ
printer ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
birthName Walt Whitman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Walter Whitman
burialPlace Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1819-05-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1892-03-26 ⓘ
employer United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Walt Whitman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Whitman
gender male ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Walter ⓘ
hasSignature signature of Walt Whitman ⓘ
influenced Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
D. H. Lawrence ⓘ
Ezra Pound ⓘ
Federico García Lorca ⓘ
Jack Kerouac ⓘ
Langston Hughes ⓘ
Pablo Neruda ⓘ
T. S. Eliot ⓘ
influencedBy Bible ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
knownFor celebration of democracy and the individual ⓘ
free verse poetry ⓘ
innovative poetic form ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th century ⓘ
movement American Romanticism ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
Transcendentalism ⓘ
name Walt Whitman self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Drum-Taps ⓘ
Leaves of Grass ⓘ
O Captain! My Captain! ⓘ
Song of Myself ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
government clerk ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth West Hills, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Camden ⓘ
surface form: Camden, New Jersey, United States
religion Deism ⓘ
residence Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Camden ⓘ
surface form: Camden, New Jersey, United States

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
servedAs volunteer nurse in the American Civil War ⓘ
sexualOrientation homosexual ⓘ
subjectOf Leaves of Grass ⓘ
wrote Crossing Brooklyn Ferry ⓘ
Democratic Vistas ⓘ
I Sing the Body Electric ⓘ
Leaves of Grass ⓘ
O Captain! My Captain! ⓘ
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking ⓘ
Song of Myself ⓘ
Specimen Days ⓘ
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d ⓘ
surface form: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry → author → Walt Whitman ⓘ
I Sing the Body Electric → author → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Leaves of Grass → author → Walt Whitman ⓘ
O Captain! My Captain! → author → Walt Whitman ⓘ
The Sleepers → author → Walt Whitman ⓘ
There Was a Child Went Forth → author → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Walt Whitman → birthName → Walt Whitman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walter Whitman
Walt Whitman → familyName → Walt Whitman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson → influenced → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Ralph → influenced → Walt Whitman ⓘ
subject surface form: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Allen Ginsberg → influencedBy → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Hart Crane → influencedBy → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Howl → influencedBy → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Jean Toomer → influencedBy → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Langston Hughes → influencedBy → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Pablo Neruda → influencedBy → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Sherwood Anderson → influencedBy → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Walt Whitman → name → Walt Whitman self-link ⓘ
American Romanticism → notableAuthor → Walt Whitman ⓘ
American Renaissance → notableFigure → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry → poet → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Leaves of Grass → publisher → Walt Whitman ⓘ
Leaves of Grass → revisedBy → Walt Whitman ⓘ