Nightingale

Finally, as the poem comes to an end the symbolization of the Nightingale becomes clearer because the narrator’s romantic fixation with the bird is not only about its beauty but for the bird’s unconsciousness. The narrator tells the Nightingale, “Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!/ No hungry generations tread thee down” (61-62). The second line of this quote seems to be out of place. What does hungry generations have to do with the Nightingale? Well, the protagonist is trying to push forth the idea that the Nightingale that he is listening to isn’t conscious enough to be worried about younger and more beautiful Nightingales coming and trying to steal his place and sing a better song to feed their metaphorical hunger. Then the narrator…

(i.e. earth) beneath the singing nightingale (citation). This interpretation of the poem becomes even more apparent when it is considered that at least part of Keats’ poem has its origins in a twenty-line section from The Pleasures of Melancholy (citation), by Thomas Warton - the same section even contains the line: “Is there a pleasure like the pensive mood / Whose magic wont to sooth your soften 'd souls?” (citation). This form of introspective, soul-searching beauty is the crux of the poem,…

Florence Nightingale pushed the government to make changes to better soldiers health in hospitals. Not only did she push for this reform during the Crimean War, but after too. Nightingale became well known for her work in helping sick and wounded soldiers in the war. How she essentially founded nursing and set an example for the rest of the years to follow. She spent her nights caring for soldiers, giving her the name “Lady with a Lamp.” Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy on the night of…

I am Florence Nightingale. I was born on May 12th, 1820 in Florence, Italy. My parents were inspired by the city to name me. My parents are William and Frances Nightingale. My father was a wealthy landowner and owned three estates. My mother was a British socialite known for her beauty. I am the youngest of the two daughters and also less important, according to my parents.1 My sister, Parthenope, and I were complete opposites.2 My sister and I were raised to be very social since our family was…

I really enjoyed reading this article and learning about the accomplishments Nightingale made. It made me open my eyes and realize how there are other aspects to nursing that are important. Now in the present day we do not really pay attention to whether a nurse has medical knowledge or if a medical room is sanitary enough because these are things that should be obviously done and we know they wouldn’t have a profession if they weren’t accredited. In the sections I read she mentioned the…

Florence Nightingale is a leader who had greatly contributed to the nursing profession. For many years she has inspired and changed the view of nursing in the medical science world by using her intellectual skills she had acquired throughout training to care for the sick. Her passion and dedication to care for others taught nurses all over the world that nursing is a calling and it’s not for everyone. Without compassion, empathy and patience, a nurse in uniform will not be able to perform…

Florence Nightingale believed that Nursing was an art and a science in which certain individuals had to have the proper education and training in order to perform necessary actions. She mostly believed that nursing was a calling. A calling in which people needed to have a gift for the profession. She thought to believe that nursing was not something in which anyone could do; she believed that people had to have that calling to be a nurse. Florence Nightingale defined nursing as the, “ought to…

Nursing History In nursing history, Florence Nightingale is known as one of the most influential person in professional of nursing. Nightingale believed in well-educated and intellectual nursing involving science and patient education on healthy lifestyle (Antonio, n.d.). In 1854, Nightingale was asked to lead a small group of nurses to the military hospital in Uskudar, Turk. Nightingale and her nurses had managed to sanitized walls, window, and provide nourishing foods which resulted in…

Why is Florence Nightingale known as "The Lady with the Lamp?" She is a very respected and well known woman. She helped wounded soldiers in the war, and received many awards for doing so. Florence Nightingale changed the history of nursing by saving one life at a time. Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820, in Florence Itlay (Biography.com). Florence had one older sister (History.com). Her name was Frances Parthenope Verney. As a child Florence was very smart and loved math…

Florence Nightingale. In addition to being well known as a leader in nursing and social reforms, Florence Nightingale is also revered as the nurse who went and cared for soldiers fighting in the Crimean War. Nightingales part in the Crimean War would forever change the way that the sanitation and handling of patients would be conducted. Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 into an affluent upper class British family and named after her city of birth in Florence, Italy. Florence’s…