ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hyperion, a Fragment is an abandoned epic poem by 19th-century English Romantic poet John Keats. It was published in Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems (1820). It is based on the Titanomachia, and tells of the despair of the Titans after their fall to the Olympians.

Detailed explanation-2: -An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.

Detailed explanation-3: -A long narrative poem in which a heroic protagonist engages in an action of great mythic or historical significance.

Detailed explanation-4: -Perhaps the most widely known epic poems are Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey, both of which detail the events of the Trojan War and King Odysseus’s journey home from Troy.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first poem narrates the story of Hyperion, the sun god of the Titans, the earlier race of gods who were supplanted by the Olympians. When the poem begins, the Titans have already been deposed. Their one hope for regaining their former influence lies with Hyperion, who has retained his powers.