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ENNUI by MARIANNE MOORE

Poet Analysis

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.



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