The first of these lyrics is for The Wind, a collection of poems by Theodore Roethke. Quote the first stanza of the poem “The Waking”. This poem is about human life and the best way to live it. The first line, “I wake to sleep and wake slowly,” uses sleep and waking as metaphors for death and life. The second line “I feel my destiny in what I cannot fear” where the speaker tells the reader that in life you have to accept what will happen and you cannot fear it. The third and final line quoted in Slaughterhouse Five reads, “I learn by going where I need to go” (Vonnegut 20). This phrase is repeated throughout the poem and means that a human being will gain the most experience in life not by doing what he wants to do, but what he has to do. Vonnegut understands that war is necessary when the right circumstances are found and that sometimes soldiers must go to war. However, he is against war when “it just seems wonderful, so we'll have a lot more of it” (Vonnegut 14). By having the narrator read this poem by Theodore Roethke, Vonnegut can express his perspective and understanding