Hyperion Mythological Sybmolism

John Keats attempted writing this poem with mythological characters to accurately express his ideas and to do it in a creative manner. Was he indeed successful while appointing these characters to certain standpoints and involvements? In order to answer such a question, one must require an understanding of each mythological god who is referenced in the poem, and more importantly, a better knowledge of the man who 's ideas are being expressed. It is necessary to learn which ideas Keats is expressing with his imagery using mythological symbolism, how certain audiences reacted to this piece of literature, and what might 've triggered such strong emotions in a man to the point of producing this poem in the manner that he had. By learning these things one will be able to tell which characteristics were favored by Keats within each god and goddess. Keats was born in London on the 31st day of October in the year of 1795, superseding his three younger siblings. Unfortunately, he lost his father when he was only eight years old, and was raised by his mother until she passed away due to tuberculosis just six years later. The only person left to care for the fairly young boy at that time was his grandmother on his mother 's side, who apparently was not able to care for him, being that she appointed two men who were London merchants to take over his guardianship. The person who took the most of the responsibility caring for Keats was named Richard Abbey, a successful tea broker, who removed the boy from the school he was enrolled in at the time to study and practice medicine with an apothecary-surgeon in a hospital nearby. He soon became a licensed apothecary, but the study of medicine turned out not to be a career he was passionate about. however, Keats wisely pursued writing poetry. (Academy of American Poets.) It is safe to say that Keats had his share of unfortunate events in his early life, with his parents passing away and the pressure of studying medicine from

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