Emma Lazarus

Statue of Liberty, which was a gift from France to the people of America in 1886, stands on an island in New York harbor, near Ellis Island. The statue became many immigrants' first sight of their homeland-to-be. These inspiring words by the poet Emma Lazarus are etched on a plaque at Liberty's base: "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-tossed to me, / I lift my lamp beside the

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 /20 CORRIGÉ Project – idea associated with the monument? – The New Colossus? • what • subject – sculptor’s goal? – financed by? – The idea associated with the monument is freedom. – The New Colossus is a poem written by Emma Lazarus in 1883 engraved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. It celebrates the immigrants and the USA and deals with the reasons why they emigrated. – The sulptor designed a colossal statue to produce an emotion in people’s heart / breast so that

American territories a Republic independent from the British Crown. The 4th of July is now celebrated as Independence Day. 26 Séquence 1-AN01 Task ᕤ The Statue of Liberty Here is an extract from the poem “The New Colossus” written by Emma Lazarus, it is engraved on a tablet within the pedestal on which the statue stands. Read the poem and do the following quiz. “…Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore;