The Waking (1953) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA ACA DEA FEA DEA ABAA| 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 |
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| We think by feeling What is there to know | A |
| I hear my being dance from ear to ear | C |
| I wake to sleep and take my waking slow | A |
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| Of those so close beside me which are you | D |
| God bless the Ground I shall walk softly there | E |
| And learn by going where I have to go | A |
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| Light takes the Tree but who can tell us how | F |
| The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair | E |
| I wake to sleep and take my waking slow | A |
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| Great Nature has another thing to do | D |
| To you and me so take the lively air | E |
| And lovely learn by going where to go | A |
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| This shaking keeps me steady I should know | A |
| What falls away is always And is near | B |
| I wake to sleep and take my waking slow | A |
| I learn by going where I have to go | A |
Theodore Roethke
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