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What are your thoughts and feelings about poetry?
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What are your thoughts and feelings about poetry?

Slide 1 - Open vraag

Do you know what the common denominator ('gemene deler') between President Biden's inauguration and Super Bowl LV is?

Slide 2 - Open vraag

Amanda Gorman

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Why do you think President Biden chose Amanda Gorman to speak at his inauguration?

Slide 4 - Open vraag

Slide 5 - Video

Poetry is interesting because not everyone is going to become a great poet, but anyone can be, and anyone can enjoy poetry. And it's this openness, this accessibility of poetry that makes it the language of people. Poetry has never been the language of barriers. It's always been the language of bridges.
What stories we tell, when we're telling them, how we're telling them, if we're telling them, why we're telling them says so much about the political beliefs we have about what types of stories matter. (...)
Poets have this phenomenal potential to connect the beliefs of the private individual with the cause of change of the public, the population, the polity, the political movement.

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Why is poetry fitting for an occasion like a presidential inauguration?

Slide 7 - Open vraag

Occasional poetry
Presidential inauguration present an ideal moment to reflect on "the history that we stand on, and the future that we stand for."

Amanda Gorman's 2021 inaugural poems is called 'The Hill We Climb'. What do you think this means? What do you expect of the poem? 

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

The Hill We Climb
PART ONE


Slide 9 - Tekstslide

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Slide 10 - Video

The Hill We Climb, part one
> Waar gaat het gedicht over? Wat voor thema's kaart Gorman aan? 
> Wat valt je op aan dit gedeelte van het gedicht? (op het gebied van taalgebruik / betekenis / iets anders)

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

And yes we are far from polished.
Far from pristine.
But that doesn't mean we are
striving to form a union that is perfect.
We are striving to forge a union with purpose,
to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and
conditions of man.
There is something in the language of this passage that strengthens the message that Gorman is trying to convey. 
Read the passage aloud to yourself. Can you hear what it is? 

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

And yes we are far from polished.
Far from pristine.
But that doesn't mean we are
striving to form a union that is perfect.
We are striving to forge a union with purpose,
to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and
conditions of man.
There is something in the language of this passage that strengthens the message that Gorman is trying to convey. 
Read the passage aloud to yourself. Can you hear what it is? 

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Slide 13 - Tekstslide

We've learned that quiet isn't always peace,
and the norms and notions
of what just is
isn't always just-ice.

What historical moments does this passage refer to?
Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true,
that even as we grieved, we grew,
that even as we hurt, we hoped,
that even as we tired, we tried,
that we'll forever be tied together, victorious. 

What does this passage mean? 

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

The Hill We Climb
PART TWO

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Slide 16 - Video

The Hill We Climb, part two
> Welke nieuwe thema's introduceert Gorman in dit gedeelte van het gedicht? Hoe doet ze dat?
> Wat valt je op aan dit gedeelte van het gedicht? (op het gebied van taalgebruik / betekenis / iets anders)

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

It's because being American is more than a pride we inherit,
it's the past we step into
and how we repair it.

We will not march back to what was,
but move to what shall be.





For while we have our eyes on the future,
history has its eyes on us.
This is the era of just redemption
we feared at its inception.
We did not feel prepared to be the heirs
of such a terrifying hour
but within it we found the power
to author a new chapter.
To offer hope and laughter to ourselves.

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

So while once we asked,
how could we possibly prevail over catastrophe?
Now we assert,
How could catastrophe possibly prevail over us?

What is interesting (linguistically) about this passage?

Slide 19 - Tekstslide

We've seen a force that would shatter our nation
rather than share it.
Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy.
And this effort very nearly succeeded.
But while democracy can be periodically delayed,
it can never be permanently defeated.

What is Gorman referring to here, specifically?

Slide 20 - Tekstslide

The Hill We Climb
Part three

Slide 21 - Tekstslide

Slide 22 - Video

The Hill We Climb, part three
> Welke nieuwe thema's introduceert Gorman in dit gedeelte van het gedicht? Hoe doet ze dat?
> Wat valt je op aan dit gedeelte van het gedicht? (op het gebied van taalgebruik / betekenis / iets anders)
> Wat voor poëtische technieken gebruikt Gorman in dit gedeelte?

Slide 23 - Tekstslide

We will not be turned around
or interrupted by intimidation,
because we know our inaction and inertia
will be the inheritance of the next generation.
Our blunders become their burdens.
But one thing is certain,
If we merge mercy with might,
and might with right,
then love becomes our legacy,
and change our children's birthright.

Slide 24 - Tekstslide

We will not be turned around
or interrupted by intimidation,
because we know our inaction and inertia
will be the inheritance of the next generation.
Our blunders become their burdens.
But one thing is certain,
If we merge mercy with might,
and might with right,
then love becomes our legacy,
and change our children's birthright.

Slide 25 - Tekstslide

We will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one.
We will rise from the gold-limbed hills of the west.
We will rise from the windswept northeast,
where our forefathers first realized revolution.
We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the midwestern states.
We will rise from the sunbaked south.
We will rebuild, reconcile and recover.

Slide 26 - Tekstslide

What are, in your opinion, the two best lines of the poem?

Slide 27 - Open vraag

Slide 28 - Tekstslide