... like anyone else, he also taught them that they should live their own lives. Keating taught them the great lesson of living your life for yourself, and not for anyone else. The benefits of Keating's instruction are of self-expression. Keating tries to relate what he is teaching to something they already know, for example, reciting poetry to music while kicking a soccer ball. This taught them that there are various ways you can recite poetry, which are the tones or mood the poem is in. Mr Keating tells the boys about the Dead Poets Society which was dedicated to "sucking the marrow out of life." They let poetry work its magic. These students were romantics. They let Poetry drip from their tongues like honey. Women swooned and gods were created. The Dead Poet's Society inspired the poets to become romantics who had no leader, no discipline, and no direction other ...

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