She wrote the poem "Admetus" sometime after she was inspired by a reading of Longfellow to write "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport." Her Jewish heritage is evident in Songs of a Semite and "An Epistle to the Hebrews," and her frequent visits to Jewish refugees on Ward's Is
She wrote the poem "Admetus" sometime after she was inspired by a reading of Longfellow to write "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport." Her Jewish heritage is evident in Songs of a Semite and "An Epistle to the Hebrews," and her frequent visits to Jewish refugees on Ward's Island caused her to write a about the "huddled masses yearning to breathe free." For 10 points, name this American author who wrote the sonnet that graces the Statue of Liberty, "The New Colossus."
She wrote the poem "Admetus" sometime after she was inspired by a reading of Longfellow to write "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport."