After hearing the bat's poem about the owl for a second time, the chipmunk shivers again and says, "It makes me shiver. Why do I like it if it makes me shiver?" The bat indicates that he understands how the chipmunk feels and agrees that he doesn't understand why they like the poem. Using examples from the text, explain how the poem creates a scary, shivery feeling.

Here is he poem

A shadow is floating through the moonlight

Its wings don't make a sound.

Its claws are long, its beak is bright.

Its eyes try all the corners of the night.

It calls and calls: all the air swells and heaves

And washes up and down like water.

The ear that listens to the owl believes

In death. The bat beneath the eaves,

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Yusuf Allison

Social Studies

20 September, 19:45

After hearing the bat's poem about the owl for a second time, the chipmunk shivers again and says, "It makes me shiver. Why do I like it if it makes me shiver?" The bat indicates that he understands how the chipmunk feels and agrees that he doesn't understand why they like the poem. Using examples from the text, explain how the poem creates a scary, shivery feeling.

Here is he poem

A shadow is floating through the moonlight

Its wings don't make a sound.

Its claws are long, its beak is bright.

Its eyes try all the corners of the night.

It calls and calls: all the air swells and heaves

And washes up and down like water.

The ear that listens to the owl believes

In death. The bat beneath the eaves,

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Zack Garner · Answer 1

It describes the way a owl is stealthy and a bit creepy and also says the chipmuck believes in death insinuating that he could think that if he gets to close before blinking the owl might get him. This is what gives of the creepy feeling are also the calls like the water.