Hope As A Nursing Concept

Kingsolver makes reference to Dickinson’s poem “Hope is the thing with feathers” through Adah. “When Miss Dickinson says, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” … I have pictured it many times—Hope!—wondering how I would catch such a thing one-handed, if it did come floating down to me from the sky,” (185). Kingsolver incorporating this poem into her novel adds insight into the thoughts and feelings of Adah, who is one of the most important characters. By adding this quote, Kingsolver helps correlate the symbolism in the poem to the text by showing that hope can be represented by a bird which can be delicate this can be compared to what some of the characters put their hope into.

The emotion of hope is important because life is uncertain. Factors such as wealth, education and opportunity may play a role in dividing people into different social categories, but no amount of privilege or advantage can shield a person from disappointment, pain, loss or death. These are universal adversities for all humankind. The word hope can be defined in different ways. Many religious people think of hope as a virtue, along with faith and love. Survivors of trauma often credit hope as the inspiration that kept them going. A realists may say that hope is nothing more than wishful thinking. No matter how it is defined, whether it is a belief or a feeling, hope is the idea of something bigger than oneself. The application of hope can

Exemplar case: Kathy is a married 45-year old mother of one and she has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Kathy has always been a positive person in every situation and is quite known at her church for her smile and uplifting words of encouragement. Kathy’s husband and teenage daughter came to visit her at the hospital and were initially shocked and saddened by her sickly appearance. Her husband

Hope is a very powerful thing and the way you handle it can affect you in different ways. Everyone sees and feels hope differently but it is overall a beautiful thing. Throughout the novel Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper, Amari tends to lose hope very often from herself and others but mostly regains it. The novel Copper Sun has a very similar theme to the poem, “Hope is the thing with feathers” because it captures the thought of losing all hope but being able to regain it and never letting go of it just like Copper Sun portrays. Amari is a hopeless soul when she is reminded that her life is not well, she has lost all contact of Besa, her family is all dead, and through her struggle to freedom.

Hope is surprisingly difficult to define and may be expressed in many ways. Overall, I feel that a good definition for hope would be that it is an optimistic and expectant desire that emerges from a stressor. It is a coping mechanism deeply rooted in motivation. It is the opposite of despair and fear as well as the influence that keeps us from succumbing to them. Hope can be identified as a means of perseverance as well as perseverance itself. Hope is the ability to detect even the smallest amount of light in the darkest of places.

In the first stanza, "Hope is the Thing with Feathers," Dickinson has made use of metaphorical bird image to explain the conceptual idea of hope (Dickinson & McNeil 2002). Hope is not a conscious thing, it is lifeless, but by offering hope feathers, the poet creates an image in people's minds. The feathers imagery invokes hope they represent hope as feathers enable a person to fly and give the picture of flying away to another new hope and a new dawn. In disparity, broken feathers and wrecked wing grounds an individual and symbolizes the image of a poor person who has gone through difficult life challenges. The experiences results to their wings being broken making them loose the power to have hope for the future.

According to Morse et al. (2006), “A deeper understanding of hope is tested based on the work and place in the theoretical framework and nursing context.” Several authors, in different studies within the nursing domain,

The book, Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer, tells the story of Hope Yancy as she realizes what life is about; letting go of pain and hurt, and cherishing the love. The main character is a sixteen year old waitress named Hope Yancy. She feels she is the person to enlist hope in others and in herself since changing her name from Tulip to Hope. She is a terrific waitress, like her mother. Her mom, Deena, left her older sister to care for Hope after she was born early and could barely eat because she felt she wasn’t ready for motherhood. Addie, Hope’s aunt, is the head or chief cook and manager of diners and eateries she has worked at. She is always thinking about Hope and their lives together. Hope was her only chance at motherhood after three miscarriages

Throughout all of the texts, the main character shines a factor of perseverance in their story in order to have hope and overcome their odds. The protagonists in each text are determined to overcome their obstacles and receive a favorable ending. In Emily Dickinson’s poem, she uses a metaphor to portray hope as a bird that is constantly helping other people. Even though hope is not a tangible thing, the bird perseveres through every situation and “never stops at all,” when aiding people in tough times. Likewise, in the article by Mark Memmot, Alice Herz- Sommer pushes through Nazi imprisonment in hopes of seeing her family again. The author writes, “Despite all that has befallen her, Alice insists that she has never, ever hated the Nazis,

She shows positivity by being proud, confident, happy, and a little bit of peacefulness/ calmness as well. One of her poems called, “I Never Saw a Moor”, contains a variety of positive tones. In the poem, it says, “Yet know I how the heather looks,”. Another part of the poem says, “Yet certain am I of the spot”. Both parts in this poem show a positive tone since the words “know” and “certain” show confidence. In another one of her poems called, “Hope” is the thing with feathers”, it also contains a positive tone. In the poem, it says, “Hope” is the thing with feathers--That perches in the soul--And sings the tune without the words--And never stops--at all--“. This part of the poem shows that the poet is happy, calm, and confident. Dickinson tends to keep a positive tone throughout her poems, even during the toughest of times.

As the Cycle of Hope comes to an end, I would like to say that though I have blathered on for almost two weeks (to the annoyance of some) about the ride, it isn’t really about the ride!

Dickinson and Whitman also use similar poetic devices in "Hope is a Thing with Feathers” and “O Captain! My Captain!” Each poem contains an extended metaphor. In Dickinson’s poem, a bird clearly symbolizes hope. The first stanza introduces the bird metaphor: ‘Hope is the thing with feathers--/That perches in the soul.’ The next lines ‘And sings the tune without the words--/And never stops—at all—’ illustrate the interminable nature of the bird and hope. The second stanza expands the metaphor by saying ‘And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—.’ The bird’s song, or hope, is the sweetest during a Gale, or troubled times. The first lines in the final stanza ‘I’ve heard it in the chillest land--/ And on the strangest Sea’ describe the bird, or hope, as being

Emily Dickinson establishes in the first stanza of her poem that she understands the idea that someone she cares about may leave her. She begins her poem by saying, “It did not surprise [her]” (37) when it was time for the bird to leave its nest. Dickinson is attempting to agree with the natural idea that this bird will eventually leave her one day. It is inevitable that a child will one day move on from his or her parents bringing about a certain pain to those that love him or her. However, this does not dismiss the pain she feels from her love leaving. The three dashes she uses in the first two lines lengthen the time for the reader to get to the revelation that Dickinson’s love

Two of Dickinson’s universal techniques are metaphor and the fresh application of language; both techniques result in powerful images, and can be seen in two of her poems that focus on nature themes, “ A Bird came down the Walk” and “narrow Fellow.” She closes the poem, “ A Bird” with a stanza equating flight through the air with movement through water,

In “Hope is the thing with feathers” the author characterizes hope as being caring and always being there when it's needed, which helps develop the theme of hope and perseverance. The following line, “And never stops at all”, helps characterize the bird in the poem as persevering. This piece of evidence shows that hope will always be there which characterization of caring. The line “That perches in soul”, gives the characterization of perseverance. This line is portraying the idea of hope always being with you, hence the line perching within you, or in your soul. The line “And sour must be the storm that could abash the little bird” characterizes hope as persevering. The line illustrates the bird as always being there even when times are tough. Even when one might think that there is no hope, hope will always be there. The quote “Yet never in extremity it asked a crumb-of me” characterize hope as being giving.The line shows how hope will never ask for anything in return and instead gives without expecting anything in return.