Analyzing "The Waking" by Theodore Roethke.
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"The Waking" by Theodore Roethke
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. A
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. B
I learn by going where I have to go. A
We think by feeling. What is there to know? A
I hear my being dance from ear to ear. B
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. A
Of those so close beside me, which are you? A
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…first in a very dreamlike, calm, sort of a lullaby type feeling. Going on to being a little dark in referring to death, but it is very light and doesn't give you unpleasant images. At the end of the poem, you feel a peace and calmness again, where you feel the writer has had a resolution and feels at ease with himself and his fate. There is calm and peaceful imagery through the poem overall.
…first in a very dreamlike, calm, sort of a lullaby type feeling. Going on to being a little dark in referring to death, but it is very light and doesn't give you unpleasant images. At the end of the poem, you feel a peace and calmness again, where you feel the writer has had a resolution and feels at ease with himself and his fate. There is calm and peaceful imagery through the poem overall.
