Is there irony in this poem?

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I am doing a project for my AP12 English class. We have to analyze a poem and I am pretty much done. The only thing I have a question about is on irony. Is there any kind of irony in "The Waking" by Theodore Roethke?

The Waking

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.

We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.


Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.

Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me, so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.

This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.


Irony is my main question but I also need help identifying the meter of the poem and whether or not it has scansion.
 
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http://www.helium.com/items/1185339-poem-analysis-the-waking-by-theodore-roethke
 
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