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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 ]
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]
Lazarus's poem contrasted the classical Colossus of Rhodes as a frightening symbol, with the new "American colossus" as a "beacon to the lost and hopeless". [99] Liberty Enlightening the World, or The Statue of Liberty, a stained glass window commissioned by Joseph Pulitzer to commemorate fundraising for the pedestal.
The acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services gave his own version of the famous poem written on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal.
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Later on, among Emma Lazarus' many sonnets, perhaps the best-known is "The New Colossus" of 1883, [96] which celebrates the Statue of Liberty and its role in welcoming immigrants to the New World. In the 19th century, sonnets written by American poets began to be anthologised as such.