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The Waking

The Waking

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"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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    Archived June 13, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    The Waking by Theodore Roethke. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 16 August 2013


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