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Amanda Gorman: An Ode We Owe

The poet Amanda Gorman performed her poem, An Ode 1 We Owe, before the General Assembly of the United Nations on September 19, 2022 on the occasion of an annual event that places a spotlight on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

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Gorman, A. (2022). An Ode We Owe. 77 th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. UN Headquarters, New York City. 19 September, 2022.

1 ode – a celebratory poem expressing thoughts and feelings about a particular person or subject

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Outline the challenges humankind faces according to the speaker. (20 %)

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Amanda Gorman: An Ode We Owe

The poet Amanda Gorman performed her poem, An Ode 1 We Owe, before the General Assembly of the United Nations on September 19, 2022 on the occasion of an annual event that places a spotlight on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

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453 words

Gorman, A. (2022). An Ode We Owe. 77 th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. UN Headquarters, New York City. 19 September, 2022.

1 ode – a celebratory poem expressing thoughts and feelings about a particular person or subject

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Analyze how the message of the poem is conveyed. Focus on use of language and poetic devices. (40 %)

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Amanda Gorman: An Ode We Owe

The poet Amanda Gorman performed her poem, An Ode 1 We Owe, before the General Assembly of the United Nations on September 19, 2022 on the occasion of an annual event that places a spotlight on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

[Gedichttext aus der angegebenen Quelle; Annotationen jenseits der kurzen Erläuterung zum Charakter einer Ode (siehe Einleitungssatz) wurden dem Text nicht beigefügt.]

453 words

Gorman, A. (2022). An Ode We Owe. 77 th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. UN Headquarters, New York City. 19 September, 2022.

1 ode – a celebratory poem expressing thoughts and feelings about a particular person or subject

Choose one of the following tasks: (40 %)

3.1

In an interview, Amanda Gorman claimed: “Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.”

Taking Gorman’s poem as a starting point, comment on her statement.

Choose one of the following tasks. This is task 3.2.

You are taking part in an online workshop by the United Nations Youth Association on the future of international cooperation and have been asked to contribute to the association's website.

Write an article in which you assess to what extent the following quote holds true.

"The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile."

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), former Italian president