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"The New Colossus" is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). [2] In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level.
Emma Lazarus (July 22, 1849 – November 19, 1887) was an American author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist for Jewish and Georgist causes. She is remembered for writing the sonnet " The New Colossus ", which was inspired by the Statue of Liberty , in 1883. [ 1 ]
However her health reportedly failed and she returned to England by 1833. [8] While in India Roberts published a small volume of "descriptive" poetry, and stories or essays about things she had seen in India. These were later collected and published as books. Both the poetry [9] [10] and the travel book [11] were well received. Although many ...
Emma Solá de Solá (1894–1984) was an Argentine writer and poet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She is closely identified with her hometown of Salta , where she lived until her death. Sola was a prolific author in the interwar years, and religion - specifically Catholicism - is one of the primary themes in her writing.
Emma and Frank struggled to make ends meet and often their major source of income was from Emma's short stories and poems. She also made money selling her art in the form of greeting cards. In 1904, Emma sold her first poem to Harper's Monthly. It was an eleven-verse poem titled “The Difference” and it appeared in the March issue.
Poetry wasn’t for me. Then, Emma Dryden, my wonderful editor at Simon and Schuster, asked me to write a book of poetry. I didn’t think I could, but she convinced me to give it a shot. My book ...
However, Irvine wrote that one accepts that the voice of Highbury is often speaking, then much of the book makes sense, as Emma believes she has a power that she does not, to make Frank either love or not via her interest or indifference, which is explained as the result of the gossip of Highbury, which attributes Emma this power.
Roberts also pours her love and passion for reading into her 3-year-old son, Rhodes Robert Hedlund. "Reading with my son is one of my true joys in life," she says.