# Hyperion — Poetry character guide

> Hyperion in Poetry by John Keats.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Blazing Hyperion, himself

**First appearance:** 0053-iii

## Snapshot

The fallen sun-god who sits motionless in a shadowed vale, unable to accept that a new order of gods has taken his throne.

## Who they are

Hyperion is the last of the Titans still burning with divine fire, while Saturn and the others have already collapsed into grief. He rages against the loss of his sceptre and the rise of a younger power he cannot name. His struggle to hold onto majesty in a world that has moved past him gives the fragment its tragic, unfinished gravity.

## In the story

### [Hyperion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/hyperion)

The bright Titan of the sun, who struggles with the sorrow of his impending fall and ultimately plunges into the night to join the other Titans.

### [Book I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/book-i)

Blazing Titan still on his throne, but troubled by omens and fearful of his own fall.

### [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/book-ii)

Appears in radiant sorrow, his light revealing the Titans' misery, and responds to their shouts.

### [Hyperion: A Vision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/hyperion-a-vision)

Mentioned as the still-ruling Titan who sits on his orbed fire, though insecure.

### [Canto II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/canto-ii)

Blazing Hyperion still rules but is insecure and tormented; his palace glares blood-red and he paces with colossal strides.

## Links

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