The poem Hyperion by John Keats is representative of the
poet’s concept of beauty in two basic
respects.
First, his study of Greek sculpture as
beauty in terms of human-made objects becomes clear in his clearly defined descriptions
of forms such as Saturn and Thea in Book I, as well as the Titans in Book
II.
From almost the opposite viewpoint, Keats is
far from blind to the beauty of nature. He relates this to the gods that represent the
forces of nature, but also describes them in a uniquely poetic tone. This type of poetry
is exemplary of Keats. His descriptions of the evening and morning sky, the angry
sunset, and a grey, misty dawn are created with a truly aesthetic sense of
beauty.
Keats marries these two divergent types
of beauty almost seamlessly in his poem, creating a conception of beauty that is not the
separation of humanity and nature, but rather their cooperation.
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