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Having a Coke with You
by
Frank O'Hara
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Having a Coke with You
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St. Sebastian
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Having a Coke with You Symbolism, Imagery & Wordplay
There’s more to a poem than meets the eye.
St. Sebastian
There are two St. Sebastians in this poem: the saint himself, and the city in Spain. It seems like a little more than a coincidence that this name would show up twice in just twenty-five lines, don...
Orange
Much like St. Sebastian, the color orange appears twice in close succession in the poem. These echoes should set our reader's antennae twitching, as repetition is often a way that authors get us re...
Art
Art is important in this poem, insofar as the speaker wants us to know that it's not important. Well, it's not important compared to appreciating the time you have on Earth to be in love with a dud...