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Poetry is the language that can compare to many people personalities and qualities. Indeed, the subjects and the themes discussed in poetry can be easily compared to the lives of several characters in the film Dead Poets Society. First, Mr. Keating is one of several characters that can be compared to some lines in the poem O Captain! My Captain! by the poet Walt Whitman in the film. Neil Perry is a second character in which his life strongly relates to Alden Nowlan's poem, Warren Pryor. Third and last, is Charlie Dalton who is one of the characters in the film whose personality can be clearly seen within Angela Shelf Medearis' Poem, Nonconformist. The significance of the essay is that poetry has a way, which not only relate to the lives of characters in a certain film but the lives of most people in general.
Mr. Keating's character is strongly interpreted with the poem O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman. Mr. Keating the students' new English teacher at the beginning appears......

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