Hyperion (poem by John Keats)

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"Hyperion" is an unfinished epic poem by John Keats that reimagines the fall of the Titans and the rise of the Olympian gods in richly imaginative, Miltonic blank verse.

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instanceOf epic poem ⓘ
unfinished poem ⓘ
author John Keats ⓘ
centralCharacter Apollo ⓘ
Oceanus ⓘ
Saturn ⓘ
Thea ⓘ
centralDeity Hyperion ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1819 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1818 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationForm posthumous publication ⓘ
focusOfBook1 lament of the fallen Titans ⓘ
focusOfBook2 Apollo’s transformation into a god ⓘ
genre Romantic poetry ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
hasBooks 2 completed books ⓘ
fragment of a third book ⓘ
hasCriticalReception often discussed as an unfinished masterpiece ⓘ
praised for its Miltonic grandeur ⓘ
hasRevisedVersion The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream ⓘ
influencedBy John Milton ⓘ
Paradise Lost ⓘ
isUnfinished true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice allusion to classical mythology ⓘ
extended simile ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
literaryForm blank verse ⓘ
literaryPeriod Romantic period ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
literaryStatus major work in Keats’s oeuvre ⓘ
metricalForm unrhymed iambic pentameter ⓘ
movement English Romanticism ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
mythologicalSource Greek mythology ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
primaryTheme nature of poetic genius ⓘ
suffering and transformation ⓘ
supersession of old gods by new gods ⓘ
setting mythic cosmos of Greek gods ⓘ
styleDescriptor Miltonic ⓘ
subjectMatter fall of the Titans ⓘ
rise of the Olympian gods ⓘ
timeOfAction after the defeat of the Titans ⓘ
tone sublime ⓘ
tragic ⓘ

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