The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, There is a special music created in lines 11 and 12: For example, note the alliteration and assonance in line 3:įor the reader and listener, this all helps to maintain interest in sound and meaning. Internal rhymes and other poetic devices add to the texture and richness of this sonnet. Note the spelling of tost in tempest-tost (occurs in MacBeth, Act1, scene3) but it can also be spelled tossed - tempest-tossed - hit by storms. Wretched refuse is a term that reflects the sense of waste of human life. Line 9-14 - she wants the old countries to be proud of their history but those desperate immigrants fleeing turmoil and poverty she will look after, give them a home and shelter their futures will be assured. The air-bridge is likely to be Brooklyn Bridge, the two cities New York and Jersey. Line 6-8 - she will protect and nurture, her inviting warmth will spread across the world and she will look after all who arrive. Line 5 - such a powerful, natural energy source - enough to light up the sky. Line 4 - and the statue will be that of a great woman holding a beacon of light. Line 3 - in contrast to the original Colossus, the new one stands at the gates - note the imagery here of waves washing the gates as sunset bathes in a golden light. Line 2 - this statue is said to have been 100 foot high and straddled across the entrance. Line 1 - the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, reputedly stood across the harbor entrance at the island of Rhodes, and was a statue of the Sun god Helios, a symbol of freedom.
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