Frank O'Hara - Gay & Oppressed Groups

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Y I V L M D E T L A N X U N R E V N N W A
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Clues

  • A lack of syntax refuses both maleness and ideology (7)
  • Becomes internalised by oppressed groups (8, 8)
  • Characteristic of his poems are outgrowths of an accepted gay love (5)
  • O'Hara's interest in the moment is characteristic of the nature of gay love in general (5, 2, 3, 4)
  • Perversion is employed as a way of debunking ethical basis of society which privileges heterosexuality and high art (5, 5)
  • The language of an oppressed group becomes coded, expressed only in deformed fashion (5, 8)

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