Question

Which Romantic writer influenced Walt Whitman by writing an essay titled "The Poet"?

-Oliver Wendell Holmes
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Henry David Thoreau
-John Greenleaf Whittier

Answer 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Step-by-step explanation:

Emerson was not a major poet himself, but he described what kind of poet he hoped America would one day produce.

Answer 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Step-by-step explanation:

Walt Whitman self-published Leaves of Grass — the monumental tome, inspired by an 1844 essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson titled The Poet, that would one day establish him as America's greatest poet.Sep 8, 2014

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