The Waking Explained
"The Waking" is a poem written by Theodore Roethke in 1953 in the form of a villanelle. It comments on the unknowable[1] with a contemplative tone. It also has been interpreted as comparing life to waking and death to sleeping.[2]
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Notes and References
- http://mchip00.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/roethke42-des-.html
- http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172106 The Waking by Theodore Roethke