What are the realizations that has dawned in you after living a life of solitude?How is this a life lesson ? (From the poem The solitude of Alexander Selkirk)
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Selkirk was an unruly youth, and joined buccaneering voyages to the South Pacific during the War of the Spanish Succession. One such expedition was on Cinque Ports, captained by Thomas Stradling under the overall command of William Dampier. Stradling's ship stopped to resupply at the uninhabited Juan Fernández Islands, and Selkirk judged correctly that the craft was unseaworthy and asked to be left there.
By the time he was eventually rescued by English privateer Woodes Rogers, in company with Dampier, Selkirk had become adept at hunting and making use of the resources that he found on the island. His story of survival was widely publicised after his return to England, becoming a source of inspiration for writer Daniel Defoe's fictional character Robinson Crusoe.
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The most dominant theme of the poem is the power of imagination. Stuck in an uninhabited island alone, Alexander Selkirk spent four years of his life alone. Devoid of other human lives, he was compelled to live alone.
William Cowper's poem 'The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk' is a well-known poem. It is based on a real life story, of a privateer by the same name. Alexander was part of a ship's crew whose duty was to fend off the Spaniards. Thus the crew and the ship spent considerable time at sea.
Selkirk is a Scottish surname. The name is a habitational name, derived from Selkirk, located on the Scottish Borders. The place name is derived from the Middle English elements sale, sele, meaning "hall", "manor"; and kirk, meaning "church".