Sonnet Analysis: 'The New Colossus'
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The rhyme scheme of the poem 'On being brought from Africa to America' is ______.

aabbccdd

The theme of the poem 'On being brought from Africa to America' is ______.

Racism, Stigmatizing black people

The title of the poem 'On being brought from Africa to America' signifies that the speaker is ______, enslaved, and kidnapped from Africa to America.

forced

The poet Phillis Wheatley writes using the ______ vernacular.

<p>black</p> Signup and view all the answers

The tone of the poem 'On being brought from Africa to America' is ______.

<p>Didactic, preaching</p> Signup and view all the answers

The poem 'The New Colossus' by Emma Lazarus is a ______ sonnet.

<p>Petrarchan</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from ______ to America.

<p>France</p> Signup and view all the answers

The old Colossus was 'the Colossus of ______'.

<p>Rhodes</p> Signup and view all the answers

The new statue is called 'the mother of the ______'.

<p>exiles</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ barked.

<p>dog</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ meowed.

<p>cat</p> Signup and view all the answers

The rhyme scheme of the Petrarchan sonnet is ______.

<p>abbaabba-cdcdcd</p> Signup and view all the answers

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