Question

Briefly state the context of the poem "the solitude of alexander Selkirk".?ans in about 50 words

Answer 1

I AM monarch of all I survey;My right there is none to dispute;From the centre all round to the seaI am lord of the fowl and the brute.O Solitude! where are the charms        5That sages have seen in thy face?Better dwell in the midst of alarms,Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity’s reach,I must finish my journey alone,        10Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.The beasts that roam over the plainMy form with indifference see;They are so unacquainted with man,        15Their tameness is shocking to me. Society, Friendship, and LoveDivinely bestow’d upon man,O, had I the wings of a doveHow soon would I taste you again!        20My sorrows I then might assuageIn the ways of religion and truth;Might learn from the wisdom of age,And be cheer’d by the sallies of youth. Ye winds that have made me your sport,        25Convey to this desolate shoreSome cordial endearing reportOf a land I shall visit no more:My friends, do they now and then sendA wish or a thought after me?        30O tell me I yet have a friend,Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind!Compared with the speed of its flight,The tempest itself lags behind,        35And the swift-wingèd arrows of light.When I think of my own native landIn a moment I seem to be there;But alas! recollection at handSoon hurries me back to despair.        40 But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest,The beast is laid down in his lair;Even here is a season of rest,And I to my cabin repair.There’s mercy in every place,        45And mercy, encouraging thought!Gives even affliction a graceAnd reconciles man to his lot.