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Learn English with a Poem: “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus
Improve your English with a sonnet by the American poet Emma Lazarus. This poem was written in 1883, but it has a lot of relevance to what is happening in the world today. You might feel threatened when looking at an old poem – all that formal unfamiliar vocabulary can be intimidating. But I’ll show you that it doesn’t have to be scary. I’ll take you through the poem line by line and explain the difficult words and concepts. We will also learn a little bit about the poem’s structure and rhyme scheme. This is the article I refer to in the video.
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Hello Gill! Thank you for this fascinating video. Could you create a video in the same format but about The Brontës’ poems, please?
Great lesson and great poem, thank you!
I got 7/10, the lesson is very hard, I must to rewathed sometimes, because it’s a poem so it is difficult for understand, and it’s quite length so also concentrate instantly in 30 minutes, anyway thank Gill so much, hope next lesson is better
so exciting lesson, thanks Miss Gill
Beautiful poem, it really touched my heart and I almost cry.
Emma, thx a lot!
Wow! Another treasure that I found on EngVid!
Gill, I loved this class.
I studied “Letras” I mean, “Portuguese and English” at Colege. We read some poems by English and American authors, but I didn’t know English enough to understand them.
That time, despite not understanding the poems and sonnets very well ,I had already enjoyed them a lot.
Nowadays, I know the English language better and I was delighted to attend your class and get to know this beautiful Sonnet.
I am from Brasil and the history of Emma Lazarus’ ancestors became well known here with archaeological findings from an old synagogue in Recife, capital of the state of Pernanbuco.
Her ancestors must be the Jews who had to leave the city of Recife in 1654. As you said persecuted by the Portuguese catholic inquisition.
I am sure I will see your other classes about poems.
Thank you very much.
Dear Teacher Gill, thanks in advance for the time you dedicate to us.
I know this is a quite different topic…but..is there any chance to make a video on the right use and meaning of the word FEATURE?
I really can not understand it…
I’ll mention some examples: (this one comes from films)” feature presentation”, music: “Ricky Martin Fts(Features) Maluma”, ” main feature”, “featured hashtag” and so on…
Thanks again
Thank you Ms. Gill again.
Thank you Gill! Could you do a video With a Robert Burns‘ poem for Burns night?