Summary of “The Brooklyn Bridge” Page 245

On page 245 Phillip Lopate author of “The Brooklyn Bridge” started by mentioning the raw profile of the bridge. Lopate discusses the principle beauty of the bridge by describing in detail why he thinks Brooklyn Bridge is “handsome”. An example of Lopate description of the bridge comes when he talks about the elegance of the cables that curve downward across the bridge. Also Lopate mentions how the cables have also been compared to the likes of ” a harp, a spiders web, and angel wings”. Later in the page Lopate goes onto describe the historical style that was used to construct the bridge. This is the summary of page 245.