id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3544 The Waking - Wikipedia .html text/html 350 64 68 The Waking Wikipedia Jump to navigation "The Waking" is a poem written by Theodore Roethke in 1953 in the form of a villanelle. It is a self-reflexive poem that describes waking up from sleep.[citation needed] It comments on the unknowable[1] with a contemplative tone. The poem appears as an object in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five. ^ The Waking by Theodore Roethke. External links[edit] Source text Secondary source of the text This article related to a poem is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Waking&oldid=993493892" 1953 poems Poem stubs Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February 2009 All stub articles This page was last edited on 10 December 2020, at 22:18 (UTC). By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Privacy policy About Wikipedia About Wikipedia Contact Wikipedia ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3544.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3544.txt