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Afscheid

Afscheid, gedicht uit de tijd van het virus ( ) is a poetry collection by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, published by in June 2020. The book explores Nooteboom's urge to travel, which is disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and leads to reflections on death and the pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles. The book consists of 33 poems arranged into 3 sections of 11 poems each. Each poem consists of three quatrains followed by a separate thirteenth line. The Divine Comedy inspired the structure and meter.

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Afscheid, gedicht uit de tijd van het virus ( ) is a poetry collection by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, published by in June 2020. The book explores Nooteboom's urge to travel, which is disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and leads to reflections on death and the pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles. The book consists of 33 poems arranged into 3 sections of 11 poems each. Each poem consists of three quatrains followed by a separate thirteenth line. The Divine Comedy inspired the structure and meter.

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  1. publication date: 2020 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2020". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332440282

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