Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poem is written from a third-person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
The poem is written in iambic pentameter.
Metaphors and Similes
The most important metaphor in the poem is the main subject of the poem, the Brooklyn Bridge. The author writes about the bridge because he is awed by mankind’s power to create something so great but also because it is a metaphor for the American society in general. Just like the Brooklyn Bridge managed to connect various parts of the city, the American society connected various parts of humanity into one place and makes it coexist.
Alliteration and Assonance
We find alliteration in the first line, "rippling rest."
Irony
The poems where the author talks about women are perceived as being ironic because while initially he lets is understood that he wants to praise women, the opposite happens.
Genre
Eulogy
Setting
The action takes place on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Tone
The author uses a reverent tone when talking about the bridge, almost as if he is worshiping it.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is the Bridge but there is no antagonist.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is between the past and modernity.
Climax
The poem reaches its climax in the poem Atlantis when the author returns home and sees the Bridge from a different perspective.
Foreshadowing
There is no foreshadowing in the poem.
Understatement
No understatement can be found in the poem.
Allusions
When the poet mentions Christopher Columbus he alludes that the Bridge linked two separate areas just as Columbus connected the old world with the new one through his voyages.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term "seagull" is used in the poems in a general sense to make reference to the people crossing over the bridge and using it on a regular basis.
Personification
In the first part of the poem, "Thy cables breathe the North Atlantic still."
Hyperbole
We find a hyperbole in the first poem in which the author talks about the Brooklyn Bridge ‘’Again the traffic lights that skim thy swift /Unfractioned idiom, immaculate sigh of stars, /Beading thy path—condense eternity:’’.
Onomatopoeia
We find onomatopoeia in the line "sharply up the long anvil cry."