# James Simpson explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ring Lardner.

## What happens

A brief, humorous tribute to James Simpson, Vice President of Marshall Field & Co. in Chicago, emphasizing his reliability and regular correspondence.

## Themes in this chapter

### Work and Profession

The chapter highlights James Simpson's role as a Vice President and his professional reliability.

### Humor and Satire

The playful rhyme and repetition about his monthly letters add a humorous tone.

## Character check-ins

### James Simpson

Vice President of Marshall Field & Co., known for his regular monthly correspondence.

## Key lines

> You see him in Fields’s now and then, And talk about Regular Men, Why, I hear from him wonth The first of each month, And on the fifteenth, wonth again.

You occasionally see him at Marshall Field's, and people speak of him as a dependable man. I receive letters from him on the first and fifteenth of every month without fail.

_The paraphrase captures the essence of Simpson's regularity and the humorous repetition of 'wonth'._

## Links

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