Thornton Melon's English professor encourages him to recite the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night" by Dylan Thomas then asks for his interpretation. Thornton provides a curt but powerful response. 

Michael Oher connects the poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, to football and relates it to courage and honor.

Mr. Tolson recites "I, Too" from Langston Hughes and a poem from Gwendolyn Bennett to set the scene for introducing new voices of a revolution in Harlem.

DeAngelo Barksdale and other inmates discuss The Great Gatsby in the Maryland House of Correction.

Frasier ends his radio channel by reciting his favorite poem, Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. He explains what the poem means to him over the air.