11-25-2013, 03:37 AM
Quote:I actually prefer the word "support", it is a common enough term and gives the double meaning. As far as other words, it is tough to say without seeing them - column might work, though not as well as support, truss or cable wouldn't, neither would arch, span would be a great word to work into the poem but not as a substitute. Pillar might work as well but it would change the focus of the whole poem - it would immediately become important /who/ died where now it is not.
I suppose these things might be a matter of personal preference—it is hardly a technical issue. I was thinking column, tower, or pillar, but figured I would let the author decide. I just don't get an image or much to think about from support, but I suppose it is a more humanistic idea. Pillar would be more representative of an individual, but I like the idea of crumbling columns, which has a nice sound, a good image, and speaks more of a general breakdown in society, or just that all things eventually crumble over time, the proverbial hour glass, so to speak.
A cable being snapped would speak to the frailty, and lack of dependability in people, as well as the flimsiness of the "bridge".