Poetry-in-pop culture

In the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), John Hannah, playing Matthew, recites WH Auden's poem "Funeral Blues” at a funeral.
Auden’s poem “Funeral Blues” mourns for a person, who was and will always be of an important figure in another person’s life. The poem suggests that this person when alive is everything and when dead, took away everything because “nothing now can ever come to any good.” This poem greatly enhances the scene it appears in because it emphasizes how important this dead person is. Our attention to and knowledge of this poem makes us see how deeply Mathew, play by John Hannah, about the person who just passed away. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_a-eXIoyYA



Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” appears in the movie The Outsider (1983) in a scene where Ponyboy and Johnny were watching the beautiful sky.
Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” talks about nature’s beauty through imagery of flowers, sunset, and Eden’s garden. He describes all these magnificent scenery as gold, a valuable element. However, similar to Ponyboy and Johnny’s happy moment, gold cannot stay for long. By listening to and understanding the poem, the audience can greater appreciate the beauty of that scene and setting. Overall, the poem greatly enhances the context it is in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwJ-ppxCGPk