Robert Francis on humor in his poetry

Robert Francis on humor in his poetry

Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Amherst (Mass.)
American poetry

Amherst poet Robert Francis responds to the question, "How important is humor to your poems?" and talks about how poetry and humor are closely related as both surprise you with unexpected combinations.

Fain Gildea (writer/producer), David Skillicorn (videographer)

Jones Library Special Collections

1979

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from the Robert Francis Collection

English

Motion pictures

1/2 inch EIAJ-1 tape

2 minutes 3 seconds

MPEG-4

Union Video Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Filmed by Fain Gildea and David Skillicorn