The Waking

"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]

  1. ^ [1] Archived June 13, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The Waking by Theodore Roethke. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 16 August 2013