Question

write a poem ''revenge of the sea''

Answer 1

Answer:

This is the story of a sea battle. It's history and it really happened !

The Revenge was a British warship in the time of Elizabeth I. The story of its last battle against the Spanish was told in verse 300 years later by the Victorian poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson.

The telling of the tale brings you some historical notes which have been written for us by John Fairlamb - ( a big thank you to John).

Flores in the Azores where the battle took place (the island belongs to Portugal)

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Read by Richard. Duration 15.53.

The Revenge (with notes)

In 1588, Sir Francis Drake made the The Revenge his flagship. The story is about its last battle and you will hear it told in a somewhat stirring poem

At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay