Question

who was alexgander selkirk in the poem the solitude of alexgander selkirk

Answer 1

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.