The New Colossus

A. What are the similarities and differences between the two statues?

B. Read the stanzas of the poem below and arrange them in the correct order. The first and the last are in the correct order:

(Pay attention to punctuation and incomplete phrases and clauses.)

"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, 1883

Arrange the unnumbered stanzas in the correct order:

1. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

__ Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

__ “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she

With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,

__ Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

__ Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

__ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

7. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

C. Match the words in the poem with the synonyms below:

1. arms &legs

2. shines

3. strong

4. standing together

5. control

6. miserable

7. refugees

8. coast

9. fire

10. garbage

11. torch-lit

12. next to

13. fighting

14. wishing

15. sea-worn

D. Paraphrasing: Write the lines in the poem that correspond to the sentences below:

1. She greets her international guests with a torch in her hand:

2. Leave your folktales and superstitions in the old countries where you came from:

E. Literary tools: Find an example of a metaphor in the poem.

F. Shifts: Are there any shifts in the poem and what do these changes in tone indicate?

G. Theme: What is Lazarus trying to say?