- 27 Jan 2017 04:16
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This is the poem dedicated to the Statue of Liberty:
How important is this poem to the American identity?
How important is it to you as a person?
The first sentence contrasts the statue of liberty with the Greek Colossus, who was male, bronze plated and someone to fear, someone who conquered rather than someone who welcomed.
How important is this poem to the American identity?
How important is it to you as a person?
Emma Lazarus wrote:The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
‘Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!’ cries she
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!’
The first sentence contrasts the statue of liberty with the Greek Colossus, who was male, bronze plated and someone to fear, someone who conquered rather than someone who welcomed.
EN EL ED EM ON
...take your common sense with you, and leave your prejudices behind...
...take your common sense with you, and leave your prejudices behind...