On page 245 the author Phillip Lopate talks about the raw profile into the view of the bridge. He also examples in detail of the beauty of the bridge by describing why he thinks Brooklyn Bridge is such an beautiful place to see. Lopate describe the elegance of the cables that bend downward across the bridge and he alsomentions how the style is similar to a gothic, neoclassical, French renaissance style. He described it as a yielding an effect that has been compared it to a harp, spider’s web, angels’ wings. So, baiscally he was talking about the Aesthics of the brooklyn bridge.
Glossary Words
Dissonance- inharmonious or harash sound,discord
yielding- tending to give way, or inclined to give in, submissive
