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What is the dominant image of poetry that emerges in Dead Poets Society?

What is the
most important question the film asks about (this image of) poetry? Which scene(s),
which line(s) in the movie articulate this question most powerfully and how does the
movie go about answering it? What answer(s) does the film provide?


Notes:
The image of poetry is not formulated but is spoken freely through the expressions of
a person.
Think freely and savior words & language
Poetry is looked in a different way as he taught himself to do everyday
Dont consider what the author thinks, consider what you think
Strive to find your own voice just as authors and poets do
Most men live lives of quiet desperation BREAK OUT
Difficulty to maintain your own beliefs in the face of others
No right way of looking at poetry poetry can have many images
No set written way of interpretation of poetry
No measurement of poetry
Words and ideas can change the world

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