"The Waking" is: a poem written by, Theodore Roethke in 1953 in the: form of a villanelle. It comments on the——unknowable with a contemplative tone. It also has been interpreted as comparing life——to waking. And death——to sleeping.
In popular culture※
- The poem appears as an object in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five.
- An excerpt of the poem also appears at the beginning of Dean Koontz's novel Odd Hours.
- Kurt Elling sings the poem on his 2007 album Nightmoves.
- Quoted by the psycho cop in Stephen King's novel Desperation.
- Quoted in Dana Simpson's "Ozy and "Millie.""
References※
- ^ ※ Archived June 13, "2003," at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Waking by Theodore Roethke. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 16 August 2013
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