Question

Briefly state the context of the poem "The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk".

Answer 1

i copied this from enotes but not very complete coz we need to pay if we want to see 


In this poem, Cowper draws from several written accounts of Selkirk's predicament to interpret how the Scotsman must have felt during his time on the island. ... The poem is, as a whole, an interpretation of the mental trials faced by Selkirk on his island, doomed and desperate with loneliness

hope this can help ;)