Villanelle: "The Waking"

I think that the meaning of this poem is life. If I break down the first line, it would go something like "I live to die, and live my life slowly." He uses an analogy of waking and sleeping to living and dying. The second part, I think he takes life slowly, drinking it all in. That's the first refrain. The second refrain, "I learn by going where I have to go", has a deeper meaning too. I think that what he means by that line is that you learn how to live by living. You can't learn what to do without doing and trying it. These two ideas must be important in the poem, because together, they are repeated 8 times throughout the whole thing. He thinks life is precious, that we don't have that much time: "Great Nature has another thing to do/ To you and me; so take the lively air,". The rest of the poem, I admit, I don't understand. There may be even more to it than I see. But I think that this is what he means.