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The New Colossus by Jessica and Chloe - Coggle Diagram
The New Colossus
by Jessica and Chloe
Structure
14 lines total, divided in three stanzas with four lines each
three quatrains, and a final couplet --> focus on different aspect of the statue each quatrain, and couplet provides conclusion
rhyme scheme:
ABBA, ABBA, CD, CD, EE
Meaning
Message: The aim is to raise funds to build a pedestal for the colossal statue France was just gifted to the United States, Liberty Enlightening America. World", as the original name of the Statue of Liberty.
Message: The statue was originally intended as a monument to international republicanism and friendship between the United States and France.
Mood: We represent not war and conquest but freedom, enlightenment, and compassion.
Effect
Effect: Paul Auster wrote that "Bartholdi's gigantic effigy was originally intended as a monument to the principles of international republicanism , but 'The New Colossus' reinvented the statue's purpose, turning Liberty into a welcoming mother, a symbol of hope to the outcasts and downtrodden of the world."
Empathy: Author's voice on impoverished Jewish immigrants fleeing anti-Semitic violence in Russia and across Eastern Europe
Evolve: From "Glows world-wide welcome", the Statue of Liberty gave readers a strong and inclusive (immigrant country) great feeling.
language
uses evocative language with powerful imagery to help convey the poem's themes
figurative languages used:
metaphors: statue described as "the Mother of Exiles,"
similes
personification: the statue was personified as with "silent lips"
descriptive language used:
described the statue as "mighty wowan with a torch"
"golden door" through which immigrants can enter the US
Imagery
"Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch," - give readers enough imagination about the Statue of Liberty.
"the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame" -
the imagery of the harbor and cities emphasizes the connection between American and the world
"the brazen giant of Greek fame" -
compares the statue to a Greek God and emphasizes its magnificence and power