Hyperion (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Keats
- First Published: 1820
- Type of Work: Epic
- Genres: Poetry, Epic, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: History, Folkloric or magical people, Mythology or myths, Poetry or poets, Gods or goddesses, Life, philosophy of, Time, Giants
The Poem
Hyperion is a fragment of an epic poem in blank verse, divided into two complete books and a third incomplete book: Book I contains 357 lines, book II has 391 lines, and book III leaves off in mid-sentence at line 136. John Keats turned from this poem to compose his great odes in the summer of 1819 before returning to the subject of Hyperion. Instead of completing this epic, however, he began an entirely different poem (also incomplete) called The Fall of Hyperion (1856).
The title of Hyperion indicates the name of its hero, the...
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