C. Dale Young: An Examination of Two Poems by Kenneth Koch and Frank O’Hara (July 2010)

What do we mean when we describe a novel or poem as accessible? C. Dale Young looks at Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, “Ave Maria” by Frank O’Hara, and “One Train May Hide Another” by Kenneth Koch to contest the idea that Conrad, O’Hara, and Koch are simple writers. Instead, Young explores how these writers use “veils of accessibility” to coax the reader past their apparently easy surfaces.