Lazarus' famous sonnet depicts the Statue as the Mother of Exiles: a symbol of immigration and opportunity - symbols associated with the Statue of Liberty today. After its initial popularity however, the sonnet slowly faded from public memory.
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The sestet, or six-line stanza which concludes the poem, gives the Statue of Liberty a voice, imagining its 'silent lips' addressing the arriving immigrants and welcoming them to the land of the free.