12 Questions
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.
black
The tone of the poem 'On being brought from Africa to America' is ______.
Didactic, preaching
The poem 'The New Colossus' by Emma Lazarus is a ______ sonnet.
Petrarchan
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from ______ to America.
France
The old Colossus was 'the Colossus of ______'.
Rhodes
The new statue is called 'the mother of the ______'.
exiles
The ______ barked.
dog
The ______ meowed.
cat
The rhyme scheme of the Petrarchan sonnet is ______.
abbaabba-cdcdcd
Explore the themes, structure, and historical references in the Petrarchan sonnet 'The New Colossus'. Learn about the significance of the ancient lands and the new world, as well as the connections to iconic statues like the Colossus of Rhodes and the Statue of Liberty.
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