The Waking (poem)

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The Waking is a poem written by Theodore Roethke in 1952. It is a self-reflexive poem that describes waking up from sleep. It comments on the unknowable[1] in a contemplative mood. It also has been interpreted as comparing life to sleep.[2] The poem appears as an object in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five.

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