# Charles Piez explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ring Lardner.

## What happens

A brief poetic tribute to Charles Piez, president and treasurer of the Link-Belt Company in Chicago, highlighting his wartime contributions to shipbuilding that helped win the war.

## Themes in this chapter

### Work and Profession

Charles Piez's role as a business leader and shipbuilder during wartime.

## Character check-ins

### Charles Piez

Pres. and Treas. Link-Belt Co., Chicago; credited with building ships that won the war.

## Key lines

> You’ve all heard before That ships won the war, And who built the ships? Charley Piez.

Everyone knows that ships were crucial to winning the war, and Charles Piez was the one who built them.

_Emphasizes Piez's key role in wartime ship production._

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_19_se/chapters/charles-piez
- Book: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_19_se
- All chapters: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_19_se/chapters