"THE NEW COLOSSUS" 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!

1.How does the author’s word choice when describing the immigrants coming to America impact our understanding of the poem?

2.What does the phrase “golden door” mean as used in line 5?

3.How do lines 4-5 establish the tone of this excerpt?

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caliban is prospero's slave in the shakespear's play "the tempest"

men had a stronger claim to titles and wealth during the renaissance.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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