The New Colossus
Sonnet by Emma Lazarus, inscribed at the Statue of Liberty / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 19th-century sonnet. For the 2017 video game, see Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.
"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.
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Created | 1883 |
Location | Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York City[1] |
Author(s) | Emma Lazarus |
Purpose | To raise money for construction of the statue's pedestal |
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