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as well as sen-suous,\"wrote Raymond Oliver in South-ern Review.\"Gunn's matter is like rawmeat;his forms,like those of Plato...partake of divinity.And his poems putthe two together.\"  \nSome of the poems in Jack Straw'sCastle,Thom Gunn's sixth collection,areset in England,where the author wasbrought up;some in the United States,especially northern California,where hehas lived for twenty-two years;and somein imaginary places.The verse is as richlyvaried in form as in place and subjectmatter.Gunn's rhymed recollection of\"Last Days at Teddington\"details an ex-perience as affecting as his sensual,free-verse re-creation of\"The Plunge\"into aswimming pool.“An Amorous Debate”-isironically reminiscent of romantic six-teenth-century dialogue.There are poemson various trees,a Newfoundland dog,aspeed freak,an aunt,the English masterof woodcuts Thomas Bewick,and JackStraw—the speaker of the title poem,who in dream confuses his house withhis head.  \nA major collection of new poems,JackStraw's Castle confirms Thom Gunn'sstature as one of the most important andprovocative poets writing in Englishtoday.  \nPR6013  \n●U65J34  \n1976Jack Straw's cas-tla  \n\n|  | 011647  \u003Cbr>PR  \u003Cbr>Gunn,Thom  \u003Cbr>6013  \u003Cbr>U65  \u003Cbr>J34  \u003Cbr>Jack Straws cas一  \u003Cbr>1976   |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  | tle and other  \u003Cbr>poems   |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  | DATE DUE   | BORROWER'S NAME   |  |\n|  | APR29   | 17   |  |\n|  | MY   | Rk   |  |\n|  | JE15.95   | RENEWED   |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n\n011647  \nGunn,Thom  \n# Jack Straw's Castle\n\nBy Thom Gunn  \n# Fighting Terms\n\nThe Sense of Movement  \nSelected Poems(with Ted Hughes)Positives (with Ander Gunn)Touch  \nPoems 1950-1966:A SelectionMoly and My Sad CaptainsJack Straw's Castle and Other Poems  \nTHOM GUNN  \n# Jack Straw's Castleand Other Poems\n\nFARRAR,STRAUS AND GIROUXNEW YORK  \nLAKE TAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE  \nLEARNING RESOURCES CENTER  \nCopyright ◎1971,1973,1974,1975,1976 by Thom Gunn  \nAll rights reserved  \nFirst published in 1976 by Faber &Faber Limited  \nFirst American printing,1976  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication DataGunn,Thom.  \nJack Straw's castle and other poems.  \nI.Title.  \nPR6013.U65J341976   821'.9'1476-40937","cbCaimTDQKsikyCv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimTDQKsikyCv","pdf",2446579,88,"English","# Jack Straw's Castle\n## Fighting Terms\n## The Sense of Movement\n## Selected Poems (with Ted Hughes)\n## Positives (with Ander Gunn)\n## Touch\n## Poems 1950-1966: A Selection\n## Moly and My Sad Captains","[{\"question\":\"What locations and settings are covered in Jack Straw's Castle?\",\"answer\":\"Some poems are set in England, others in the United States (especially northern California), and some take place in imaginary places.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the text describe Thom Gunn’s poetic range?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes that the verse 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