The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet

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*The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet* is a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that dramatically recounts the heroic last stand of the English ship Revenge and its captain Sir Richard Grenville against overwhelming Spanish forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf narrative poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
associatedWith British naval tradition ⓘ
legend of Sir Richard Grenville ⓘ
author Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson ⓘ
Alfred, Lord Tennyson ⓘ
centralCharacter Sir Richard Grenville ⓘ
centralObject English ship Revenge ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Alfred, Lord Tennyson ⓘ
depicts English sailors ⓘ
Spanish naval forces ⓘ
genre heroic poetry ⓘ
historical poetry ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
hasTitle The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
literaryTechnique dramatic narration ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
rhythmic ballad stanza ⓘ
vivid imagery ⓘ
meter ballad meter ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays battle between English and Spanish fleets ⓘ
siege and destruction of the Revenge ⓘ
setting Azores ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
subject Anglo-Spanish naval warfare ⓘ
Revenge (English galleon) ⓘ
Sir Richard Grenville ⓘ
heroism in battle ⓘ
last stand ⓘ
theme courage ⓘ
duty unto death ⓘ
honor ⓘ
odds and sacrifice ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 16th century ⓘ
Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England

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Revenge → depictedIn → The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet ⓘ
The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet → hasTitle → The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet ⓘ
Revenge (English galleon) → depictedIn → ballad "The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet" ⓘ
linked to: The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet