Instructions:
Read Emma Lazarus’s “The New Colossus (é¾æ¥å°å¤é¨ç½ç«)”(Abcarian 649).
Read the Atlantic article on how the poem’s connection to the Statue of Liberty: “The Story Behind the Poem on the Statue of Liberty (é¾æ¥å°å¤é¨ç½ç«).”
Answer the two (2) For Analysis questions on Abcarian 649 in at least 250 words.
Submit your responses to the OPTIONAL “Reading Response #6”
What was the Colossus of Rhodes? How does Lazarus describe it in the poem’s opening lines?
To what does “mighty woman with a torch” (l. 4) refer? To what other object in the poem is it compared?
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46550/the-new-colossus (link 1)
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/the-story-behind-the-poem-on-the-statue-of-liberty/550553/ (link 2 )
