Ans) There are four shifts in the poem "Owls". The first shift occurs in between the first and second stanza, where the poet talks about owls in the morning and their behaviour in the morning. The second shift occurs in the middle of stanza two. Basically the second stanza is divided in two parts, the first part is pre owl's meal and the second one is post it's  the owl's  meal. It is about what he does at night. There is also a shift in stanza three, where it talks about the author's dislike for owls. The poet show his hatred towards owls and the way he feels creeped out when he sees owls or hears them. 

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The first stanza talks about the owl at nighttime (incorrect)and how they are rude and impudent. The second stanza talks about the owl before and after he has eaten. He is hungry and stealthy before his meal, while afterwards they he schemes to about catching thier his next  prey. The last stanza shifts to the poets(learn apostrophe usage) view and his dislike for owls.

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Ans 5)In this short but interesting poem the poet(name) uses a lot of poetic devices like metaphor, similes'(no apostrophes are required with plurals) ,personification, alliteration etc. One such example is in the first verse ,"these ugly phantoms of the night. " This line has  a metaphors and personification in it . The poet also uses a lot of imagery in the poem like tactile imagery , organic imagery , cosmic imagery etc. One such example is in the first        verse ,"swallowed greedily in one cruel gulp ."This line has tactile imagery ,visual imagery and organic imagery. The setting of this poem is eerie. These were the figurative language/poetic devices used in the poem to enhance descriptions, evoke emotions /create imagery and settings.

You can do a much better job with your answer framing, and providing evidence/examples from the text.

 

 

Ans- I feel the authors (please learn apostrophe usage)purpose in this poem is to convince the reader that owls are a deadly loathsome, gluttonous, predatory and cacophonous creatures. For doing  this, the author has described the owls very well. He used words like ugly phantoms, stupid, greedy, cruel, ghostly etc. 

Personally I feel owls are beautiful creatures but after reading this poem I felt like they are the most fatal and lethal  frightening and revolting creatures ever. Hence I conclude the author achieved his purpose. 

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All these words have negative connotations which expresses the authors profound hatred of the owls.
This is correct. Please look at my tone and mood related answer on your other post on this Padlet Neil and the others.