My proposed topic is birds in literature. My research question is "What purpose do birds serve in poetry?"
1. Context of research argument: Birds in Literature
2. General Topic: Use or symbolism of birds in literature
3. Specific Focus: The use of birds within poetry.
4. Research Question: What purpose do birds serve in literature/poems?
5. Specific Claim: Because most birds fly high in the sky, they symbolize a presence of a higher being as they free themselves from limitations such as gravity. Birds represent human's want to escape gravity and achieve success through efforts of climbing higher and taking off into flight. Certain birds can symbolize personality traits and character as well.
6) Proposal: I will analyze different poets uses of birds within their poetry and compare them to each other.
a) Controlling Idea #1: In Conference of the Birds by Farid ud-Din Attar, birds all have different paths they must take and experience due to their different characteristics.
b) Controlling Idea #2: The Parliament of the Fowls by Chaucer is like a medieval take on a hierarchy of birds.
c) Controlling Idea #3: In The Odyssey by Homer, the birds were seen as messengers of the gods and some even symbolized war.
Sources Cited: The Anthology of World Literature by Davis Compact Edition Volume 1
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