![]() ![]() As such, “Proem: to Brooklyn Bridge” introduces Crane’s central literary symbol, the Brooklyn Bridge itself, and reveals, through a succession of “visions” the myriad facets of the Bridge’s ultimate symbolic connotations, which are pursued throughout the ensuing set of lyrics. “Proem: to Brooklyn Bridge,” by Hart Crane functions as the introduction or “overture” to Crane’s epic poem “The Bridge.” Conceived by Crane as both as an “answer” to Eliot’s famous poem “The Wasteland” and as a “synthesis of America,” “The Bridge” reveals itself as a complex series of interconnected lyric poems loosely configured around American history, unified by a theme of sustained ecstacy and poetic illumination. Analysis Poem on `To Brooklyn Bridge` by Hart Crane
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