Bridge of Sighs (Cambridge) Bridge of Sighs (Cambridge) The Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge, England is a covered bridge at St John's College, Cambridge University. It was built in 1831 and crosses the River Cam between the college's Third Court and New Court. The architect was Henry Hutchinson. It is named after the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, although they have little architecturally in common beyond the fact that they are both covered. The bridge, a Grade I listed building, is one of Cambridge's main tourist attractions and Queen Victoria is said to have loved it more than any other spot in the city.
The Bridge of Sighs (poem) rhymes, varied rhyming scheme and pathetic subject matter. The poem describes the woman as having been immersed in the grimy water, but having been washed so that whatever sins she may have committed are obliterated by the pathos of her death. She seems to have committed suicide by jumping off a bridge, after she was thrown out of her home. Make no deep scrutiny<br>Into her mutiny<br>Rash and undutiful:<br>Past all dishonour,<br>Death has left on her<br>Only the beautiful. Several clues in the poem, which harps upon beauty, sins and scorn, hint that the woman was pregnant and had been thrown out of