Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed!)
In this Frank O’Hara poem, many different aspects of New York City are being described. He first sets a mood, discussing the dreary weather and compares it to the streets of New York; gloomy, overcrowded, and unwelcoming. He uses this as foreshadowing to the event of Lana Turner’s collapse. O’Hara describes the action and chaos that occurs in the city. The traffic full of people all trying to go somewhere different, and the large amount of parties that he has personally attended. He compares this to the the apects of California. Stating that “there is no snow in Hollywood, there is no rain in California”, O’Hara is relaying that New York is a much more upbeat town, with alot more action and adventure.