The New Colossus
Emma Lazarus
Theme: "America welcomes
Text Evidence: "With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Summary: The poem was written to help raise money for the building of the Statue of Liberty. The poem is the welcoming for immigrants coming to America in 1883.
Characters: The Statue of Liberty
Setting: New York Harbor.
Significant Literary Device: Allusion
Point of View: Third person.
Text Evidence: "Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she.
