"Elegy for My Fahter..." by Andrew Hudgins Flashcards
1
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elegy
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poem that laments the dead, but the subject is not actually dead in this poem
2
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theme
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- death: death is the final voyage, there is no end or afterlife
- relationships: not all relationships are good
3
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relationship between father and son
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- 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”
4
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rhyme scheme
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not a regular rhyme scheme
5
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unrhyming and has no regular meter
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free verse
6
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son’s thoughts about his dad’s belief
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convinced his ship’s gone down
7
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the ______ thinks these two will be reunited one day while the _____ isn’t so sure
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father; son