Ennui (sonnet)

This article is about the poem. For emotional state, see boredom.

"Ennui" is a sonnet by Sylvia Plath published for the first time in November 2006 in the online literary journal Blackbird .^[1] Sylvia Plath wrote the Petrarchan sonnet “Ennui” during her undergraduate years at Smith College.

International reaction

The first appearance of “Ennui” in print received international attention, from New York City to New Delhi. Reports on the poem were featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian Unlimited, The International Herald Tribune, and other journals.

References

↑ "Unpublished Plath sonnet goes online tomorrow". Associated Press. October 31, 2006. Retrieved April 29, 2012.

External links

Scan of final draft at the Blackbird Archive
Blog of Charles Bainbridge, with comments of others

Works by Sylvia Plath

Poems	"Ariel" "Daddy" "The Munich Mannequins" "Tulips" "Two Lovers and a Beachcomber by the Real Sea" "Lady Lazarus" "Ennui"

Poetry collections	Ariel The Colossus and Other Poems Three Women: A Monologue for Three Voices Crossing the Water Winter Trees The Collected Poems Selected Poems Plath: Poems

Prose and novels	The Bell Jar Letters Home: Correspondence 1950–1963 Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts "Superman and Paula Brown's New Snowsuit" The Journals of Sylvia Plath The Magic Mirror The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Children's books	The Bed Book The It-Doesn't-Matter-Suit Collected Children's Stories Mrs. Cherry's Kitchen

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