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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Person
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:University_of_Chicago
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gptkbp:artMovement
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Realism
Narrative poetry
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gptkbp:associatedAct
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Modernist literature
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gptkbp:awards
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Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Chicago
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1868-08-23
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gptkbp:children
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Edgar_Lee_Masters_III
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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American_poetry
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1950-03-05
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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"Poetry is the language of the soul."
"The dead are not dead."
"Life is a series of experiences."
"I am the poet of the people."
"The past is a part of the present."
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Edgar_Lee_Masters_Jr.
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gptkbp:genre
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Poetry
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Edgar Lee Masters Jr.
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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Transcendentalism
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:Walt_Whitman
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gptkbp:inspiredBy
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Local history
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Character sketches
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:Robert_Frost
gptkb:Carl_Sandburg
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Spoon_River_Anthology
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Poet
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Garnett,_Kansas
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Melrose_Park,_Illinois
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Louise_L._Masters
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