This line from the poem, "The New Colossus," exemplifies the ideals of U.S. citizenship and can be found .
History · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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The line from the poem "The New Colossus" that exemplifies the ideals of U.S. citizenship is:
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
This sonnet, written by Emma Lazarus in 1883, is famously associated with the Statue of Liberty as it was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level. The ideals represented in this poem align with the historical view of the United States as a land of opportunity and refuge for those seeking freedom and a better life.