What do you notice about the structure in the following passage? They are hybrid creatures, neither gay like butterflies nor sombre like their own species. Nevertheless the present specimen, with his narrow hay-coloured wings, fringed with a tassel of the same colour, seemed to be content with life. It was a pleasant morning, mid- September, mild, benignant, yet with a keener breath than that of the summer months. Woolf switches from present to past tense. She starts by focusing on the moth before moving to the setting.

Woolf switches from prose to poetry in describing the moth and setting.

Woolf switches from poetry to prose in describing the moth and setting.

Woolf switches from past to present tense. She focuses more on the setting than on the moth.