# John Irwin explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ring Lardner.

## What happens

A brief poetic tribute to John Irwin of the wholesale meat business in Chicago, highlighting his joy in hunting big game in the Everglades.

## Key lines

> John Irwin Wholesale Meats, Chicago Next to selling large orders of meats, He thinks it’s the greatest of treats To go down and wade Through a damp Everglade And hunt for big game, like muskeets.

John Irwin, who runs a wholesale meat business in Chicago, finds his greatest pleasure in leaving work behind to wade through the damp Everglades and hunt large game such as muskeets.

_The poem contrasts Irwin's urban profession with his passion for wilderness hunting._

## Links

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