Tone
The tone of this piece is the author’s concern with life and death. Her voice is personal, describing the world she observes with wonder and interest. The tone is not introspective, but instead has an external focus, viewing the wider world with a tone that suggests its impersonal yet implacable nature. Although the Woolf attempts to describe with detachment, her tone cannot remain so as she witnesses the life and death of the moth. Whether or not she wants to be, her tone is one of captivation by this example of life and death. Additionally, there is a tone of ...