This paper explores Frank O’Hara’s poetic persona in “Autobiographia Literaria,” focusing on his navigation between the personal and impersonal aspects of literary tradition. O’Hara strategically revisits and revises Romantic and modern speaker personae, legitimizing the confessional voice while simultaneously distancing himself from exclusive elite traditions. By rejecting complete identification with either confessional or Romantic strands, O’Hara constructs a unique, unreliable poet-persona, blending elements of queer sensibility with deceptive imitation of Romantic authorship. “Autobiographia Literaria” serves as a foundational text, showcasing O’Hara’s adaptation of the confessional “I” and staging revelations of self, which resonate throughout his later works. Through nuanced exploration of the persona, O’Hara challenges conventional poetic identities, producing a distinct form of confession that blurs the boundaries between personal expression and impersonal observation, ultimately reshaping the trajectory of confessional poetry.