"I do not think he's right" (handout). This is from "Elegy for My Father, Who is not Dead" by Andrew Hudgins. This poem is completely relatable to many in high school, especially seniors. I am, like many other seniors right now, looking and applying to colleges. My one and only requirement for the college I go to is that it is not in state or a bordering state. It's not that I don't love my family, because I do, more that anything else. But in my opinion, college is a time to find oneself and be on one's own for a bit. Which is exactly what I plan on doing. My parents are ok with this, but they still do really want me to stay some what close to home, or at least go to a state with other family in it. I fell like the man who wrote this poem knows that after his dad dies, he will finally be able to be on his own. To him, he wants this, but does not know how to tell his father this, who thinks he will come with him when he dies. The man needs to live his own life before he dies and meets up with his dad again.