"Elegy for My Fahter..." by Andrew Hudgins

Question 1

elegy

Answer 1

poem that laments the dead, but the subject is not actually dead in this poem

Question 2

theme

Answer 2

• death: death is the final voyage, there is no end or afterlife
• relationships: not all relationships are good

Question 3

relationship between father and son

Answer 3

• not close
• struggle with their beliefs about whether there is an afterlife and if they will meet again after death
• maybe the elegy is really for the death of their relationship
• the father has sureness, but the son does not which creates sureness. “one day i will life the telephone and be told that my father is dead”

Question 4

rhyme scheme

Answer 4

not a regular rhyme scheme

Question 5

unrhyming and has no regular meter

Answer 5

free verse

Question 6

son’s thoughts about his dad’s belief

Answer 6

convinced his ship’s gone down

Question 7

the ______ thinks these two will be reunited one day while the _____ isn’t so sure

Answer 7

father; son