Comments & Themes

Frank O’Hara

• To what extent do you think Personism is unthinkable outside O´Hara´s milieu?

• Is homosexuality a really necessary issue in a discussion of O´Hara´s poetry?

• Is O´Hara´s relationship with the arts any different from, say, Ashbery´s?

• To what extent is irreverence a positive/negative aspect of O´Hara´s poetry?

• Would you say that cinema plays a role in the shaping of O´Hara´s verses?

• Consider the role of New York City in the poetry.