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Hurry Read these lines from the poem "The New Colossus."

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning...

What is the meaning of the phrase "the imprisoned lightning?"


the fire burning in the statue's crown

the lights in the city behind the statue

the lightning in the sky above the statue

the light in the torch held by the statue

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Answer: D the other guy is right

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Answer:

the light in the torch held by the statue

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The torch was likely lit by lightning so that makes it "imprisoned"

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