Frank O' Hara is a very prolific author. When hewrites a poem, he tackles subjects such as tabloids and paparazzi with abstract ideas and analogies that require you to look at the smallest of details to uncover. This is such the case in his poem aptly named "Poem" where Lana Turner, an actress in Hollywood, is being targeted by the tabloids. Frank O'Hara employs clever diction, an excited tone, and a variety of literary devices to reveal her true intent of this poem. Her word choice is a perfect place to start.
Through diction, he carefully chooses word to convey her subject. In the first line of the poem, "LANA TURNER HAS COLLASED" her use of collapsed implies he has fallen from fame, or from an injury. However, this use of exaggeration in the diction parallels to the main idea of her poem "Poem" -tabloids exaggerating famous celebrities' every move. Though abstract thought do we see it. The contradictory statements in " it started raining and snowing and you said it was hailing but hailing hits you on the head so it was really snowing" also tells of the hypocrisy in the tabloids. With another line in the poem, " I have been to lots of parties and acted perfectly disgraceful but I never actually …show more content…
The only punctuation heemploys is after the line LANA TURNER HAS COLLAPSED. With the lack of punctuation, it carried a rushed and hurried feeling. The reader would read it quickly, with little to no pauses. This could be from a fan of Launa Turner learning of her collapse and is freaking out about it, or it could be Mrs. Turner herself. If the speaker is Lana Turner, this shock and rushing could represent her first discovery of the tabloid. This interpretation is supported by the line "I have never actually collapsed," where heis appearing on T.V. to disprove this accusation by showing herself. Her tone is her main way of carrying her reason to write, with literary devices backing up her
Through diction, he carefully chooses word to convey her subject. In the first line of the poem, "LANA TURNER HAS COLLASED" her use of collapsed implies he has fallen from fame, or from an injury. However, this use of exaggeration in the diction parallels to the main idea of her poem "Poem" -tabloids exaggerating famous celebrities' every move. Though abstract thought do we see it. The contradictory statements in " it started raining and snowing and you said it was hailing but hailing hits you on the head so it was really snowing" also tells of the hypocrisy in the tabloids. With another line in the poem, " I have been to lots of parties and acted perfectly disgraceful but I never actually …show more content…
The only punctuation heemploys is after the line LANA TURNER HAS COLLAPSED. With the lack of punctuation, it carried a rushed and hurried feeling. The reader would read it quickly, with little to no pauses. This could be from a fan of Launa Turner learning of her collapse and is freaking out about it, or it could be Mrs. Turner herself. If the speaker is Lana Turner, this shock and rushing could represent her first discovery of the tabloid. This interpretation is supported by the line "I have never actually collapsed," where heis appearing on T.V. to disprove this accusation by showing herself. Her tone is her main way of carrying her reason to write, with literary devices backing up her