What is the movie saying about poetry?
Through the movie "The Dead Poets Society" poetry is viewed as a form of expression of life, and everyone has a different perspective for it. At the beginning of the movie Mr. Keating, an English teacher, makes his students read a stanza of a poem, which he relates to "Carpe Diem" in other words "seize the day", he tells his students that they should live their lives to the fullest and make them extraordinary. With this introduction to poetry, students start to develop different behaviors, one of the student, Neal, decides that he's going to seize the day, to follow his biggest dream, acting. On the other hand, Knox is risking his life just to see the girl he loves, he also follows his dream to be with her. Mr. Keating and poetry influenced the students in many ways, from the understanding that poetry can't be taught with graphs and math, to finding their own voice and speak for themselves.
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