# John Roe — Poetry character guide

> John Roe in Poetry by James McIntyre.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** John

**First appearance:** 0001-reminiscences

## Snapshot

John Roe is McIntyre's roving narrator — the voice that owns a Michigan sawmill, chats with a disguised king, and survives a bear divided by buzzsaw.

## Who they are

Roe is the collection's most companionable presence, a first-person teller who moves easily between anecdote and ballad, from the peasant's cottage to the frozen carcass of a bear. His charm lies in his unflappable curiosity: he watches, he reports, he enjoys the absurd without losing his footing. He matters because he gives the book its oral, fireside quality — the sense that these poems are being told to you by someone who was there.

## Relationships

### [King Bomba](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/characters/king_bomba)

_rivalry_

John Roe is a rebel or dissident who actively opposes King Bomba's regime.

## In the story

### [A Canadian Romance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-canadian-romance)

The English youth who immigrates to Canada, works hard, saves money, marries Jane, and becomes a successful farmer.

## Links

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