Frank O'Hara

The poem "Why I Am Not a Painter" seems to compare a painter and a writer, but in my opinion they are very similar. O'Hara seems to point out these similarities in this poem. The painter and the writer took a long time to create their masterpiece. Both of them named their masterpiece a title that did not have much to do with the actual work of art. In the beginning he says he would rather be a painter, but I do not feel like he gives a reason for this in the poem. My opinion is that they are both very similar. The only difference I seem to find is that the painter takes something out because it is too much, but the author just keeps adding words and pages to his writing.

Dianna