James McIntyre (, a Canadian poet, was fond of writing poems and odes to cheese. This is not because he thought the subject was funny, or ironic. Rather, McIntyre saw cheese production in [[Canada]] as a symbol of the strong growth in the Canadian economy. Man people today find his works quite humorous, but McIntyre's "Ode on a Mammoth Cheese" is considered by most poetry scholars not only his best work, but his ultimate achievement. | James McIntyre (, a Canadian poet, was fond of writing poems and odes to cheese. This is not because he thought the subject was funny, or ironic. Rather, McIntyre saw cheese production in [[Canada]] as a symbol of the strong growth in the Canadian economy. Man people today find his works quite humorous, but McIntyre's "Ode on a Mammoth Cheese" is considered by most poetry scholars not only his best work, but his ultimate achievement. |