# Walter Scott — Leaves of Grass character guide

> Walter Scott in Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sir Walter Scott, Scott

**First appearance:** 0002-inscriptions

## Who they are

Scottish novelist and poet, cited as a literary influence.

## In the story

### [Old Chants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/old-chants)

Mentioned as a poet in the lineage of old chants.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/endnotes)

Whitman references Scott's Complete Poems, especially the Border Minstrelsy, which he read thoroughly.

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