Colossus of Rhodes

Title What do the words of the title suggest to you? What denotations are presented in the title? What connotations or associations do the words posses? Colossus refers to the Colossus of Rhodes, which is one of the seven wonders of the world. The Colossus of Rhodes was built to celebrate victory over the ruler of Cyprus in 305 BC. Denotations: The poem is about a new statue that resembles the Colossus in Ancient Greece. Connotations: Colossus of Rhodes was a statue in Greece that had huge significance, it represented their victory over Cyprus. This suggests the poem could be about a new monument that represents a significant event. Such as gaining independence or victory in a battle. Colossus: Monuments in a country tell us a lot…

On little island Rhodes one of the largest statues once stood. The Colossus of Rhodes. The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, and the most aggressive and tallest statue in the hellenistic period. The Colossus of Rhodes fell due to an earthquake. A war broke out between Demetrius and the people of Rhodes. Demetrius brought along over 40,000 men and also got more men because Demetrius brought Aegean pirates. The rhodians protected their city with a big tall…

The story of Galio, the colossus sentinel started a long time ago. Back before Demacia existed, lone bands of refugees wandered across the lands, searching for a home and protection against the dark mages. Finally, they came upon an ancient forest, where the wood of the trees was instilled with anti magic capabilities. And the refugees all agreed this would be their new home. So they started a city, and they called it Demacia. They used the trees and combined them with ash and lime to…

The Statue of Liberty You may not know that the Statue of Liberty was actaully not an original idea of the Americans. Actually, it was shipped from France and sent to the U.S. to be built. “It commemorates the friendship between the two countries during the American Revolution” (Stokely). And since the American Revolution, it has greeted the immigrants coming to the New York Harbor, guarenting freedom and opportunity to them. The Statue of Liberty is a 151 foot-tall building, that indicates…

Thank you for choosing our school to select three artifacts for a time capsule that will be taken to Mars on the next space mission. Each student has selected their three items, and we are ecstatic! We have each chosen two things that mean a lot to us, and one thing that we think would benefit and/or inform further generations. I can't wait to explain the artifacts I chose and why I'm wanting to put them into the time capsule! One of the first items I would like to put into the time…

attitudes on immigration found in the forms of poetry and political cartoons. While in many ways these can be similar in content to prose and photographic sources, these new forms of primary documents provide some additional information and tone that other documents do not fully capture. Through this media one might grasp more fully the attitudes of the author and the public at the time, in ways mere prose or photographs might miss. The first poem, a sonnet entitled The New Colossus, written…

1. Marge Piercy, “Barbie Doll” 2. Edna St. Vincent Millay, “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed” 3. Sylvia Plath, “Daddy” The three poems show the dissatisfaction the women get form their lives based on views of men in their lives. Their actions and feelings are based on how the masculine characters in their lives have impacted them. The poems project various feelings of depression, fear, anger and sadness as the different women reflect on their lives. The poem ‘daddy’ shows the narrator’s…

“The New Colossus” is a poem written by Emma Lazarus to help raise money for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. The poem was critically acclaimed and was put on the bottom of the Statue of Liberty. This poem is an important part of our U.S history and why we are such a diverse nation today. The theme of the poem talks about unity and uses symbolism to convey the theme. The theme of the poem is unity. This theme is relevant to the poem because the poem was created for the intention of…

In “Lazarus, Emma (1849-1887)” Emma Lazarus’s writes in her sonnet “the New Colossus”, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” (Par. 1). Engraved within the Statue of Liberty, the icon of freedom, this sonnet defines the country of the United States. Even before its independence from Britain, the America was vastly recognized as the land of opportunity for those seeking a better life for themselves and their families. Emigrating by the thousands, many…

“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-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” the Statue of Liberty states. America is a country that is known for its immense diversity and its tolerance to other’s cultures. However, as time passes this known fact is changing. The American government and its citizens are starting to be hostile to newcomers due to terrorist attacks,…