View Emma Lazarus Statue Of Liberty Poem PNG. The jewish american poet emma lazarus saw the statue as a beacon to the world. Passed its first public charge.
Emma lazarus was a renowned jewish poet from new york whose sonnet the new colossus is immortalized on the statue of liberty.
The statue's role and the poem's hopeful, unironic tone offer an idealistic vision of america's role on the world stage as. It features the famous lines give me your tired. Three years before the statue of liberty was dedicated in bedloe's island in the new york harbor, lazarus was asked to write a poem as part of an arts festival to help raise money for the statue's. A portrait of emma lazarus.