Walden, By Henry David
Thoreau
“I went to the woods
because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of
life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to
die, discover that I had not lived.” Where I Lived, and What I
Lived For
The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost
Referred to by Mr. Keating during one of his lessons.
To the Virgins, by Robert Herrick
Read during first class with Keating to introduce "carpe diem."
O Captain, my Captain, by Walt Whitman
Referred to by Mr. Keating during one of his lessons; also a reference to what he suggest the students call him.
Ulysses,_ by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Read by Neil Perry during one of the Dead Poets Society meeting in the cave.
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day, (a sonnet) by William Shakespeare
First poem read by Charlie Dalton (Nuwanda) to the girls he brought to the Dead Poets Society meeting.
She Walks in Beauty, by Lord Byron
Second poem read by Charlie Dalton (Nuwanda) to the girls he brought to the Dead Poets Society meeting.
Puck’s speech at the end of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lines spoken by Neil at the end of the play. He played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Scroll down to the very end of the page for the speech.