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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENNUI, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He often expressed / a curious wish Last Line: In the sea. Subject(s): Boredom; Ennui | |||
He often expressed A curious wish, To be interchangeably Man and fish; To nibble the bait Off the hook, Said he, And then slip away Like a ghost In the sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO TWO UNKNOWN LADIES by AMY LOWELL THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL by JOHN ASHBERY THE DREAM SONGS: 14 by JOHN BERRYMAN TWO OF A KIND by WALTER TALLMADGE ARNDT THE LORD OF THOULOUSE; A LEGEND OF LANGUEDOC by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM THE BLOOMINGDALE PAPERS, SELECTION by HAYDEN CARRUTH I MAY, I MIGHT, I MUST by MARIANNE MOORE |
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