Keating is dismissed, but as he takes his leave of his class, all the students step onto their desks, declaiming Whitman's line "Oh! Captain! My Captain!" in homage to the teacher who has helped them navigate a course in life.
片尾，在基廷黯然離開教室的那一刻，全班孩子突然起身，然後一個接一個，站上了課桌，大聲頌念惠特曼的詩句「Oh ! Captain ! My Captain !」，向引領他們航向生命之海的老師做最後的致意。