Ode to Cheese

Ode To Cheese,
Which Makes Us Smile,
When Camera's go Clack.
Ode To Cheese,
Which make us taste,
The greatest of flavors, the wackiest of whack.
Ode To Cheese,
Blue, Gorgonzola,
American and Cheddar.
Ode To Cheese,
Beja and Feta,
In all types of weather.
Ode To Cheese,
For those on a diet,
or trying to get fatter.
Ode To Cheese,
with crackers and wine,
with grapes can flatter.
Ode To Cheese,
when you're sad and happy,
Cheese just fits.
Ode To Cheese,
Mountains and Mountains,
or bits and bits.
Unknown

In the “Ode to Cheese” by an unknown poet, a few different sides of a wonderful thing are shown. Who doesn’t love cheese? The poet uses sound to describe action, opposites, and repetition for emphasis.
My favorite line of this poem is the part that says “When cameras go clack” I think it is a creative way to talk about the fact that we say “cheeeeeeeseee” when a photo is about to be taken of us. Sounds used as actions are a fabulous way to show not tell. Show not tell breaks the barrier of lame sentences like “when photos are taken”. Ew? The part that says “With crackers and wine, with grapes can flatter.” Shows rather than tells “Cheese tastes good with wine and grapes.” It’s like comparing a minivan to a mustang. One’s practical and boring, and the other is beautiful and lots of fun.   
The use of opposites is a common theme in a lot of writing, and can be very powerful and give character to a poem. “Mountains and Mountains, or bits and bits.” is a very cool section of the poem. The difference in size between a mountain and a bit shows that cheese can be eaten many different ways, but it is always wonderful. From the tiny samples you taste in shelburne farms, to the piles and piles of different cheeses at a huge wedding.
Repetition in poems gives strong song like emphasis on a thing. In this poem the refrain was “Ode to Cheese”. Not all poems have a refrain, but it gives a nice touch to something. The way it is used in this poem, the repetition glorifies cheese, (which deserves a lot of glory if you ask me). Without the repetition, this is just a list of great things about cheese, I hear something similar from my sister almost every day.
In conclusion, cheese is great and this poem does a very good job at giving a few reasons why. The elements used prove that point very well. The use of sound, and creative description gives the poem flavor while the opposites and repetition emphasize the pionts.