3.4 Syntax The whole essay has 59 sentences,including 29 simple sentences and 30 complex sentences,the distribution is relatively balanced.Virginia arranged sentence structure clearly,for instance,"The same energy which inspired the rooks,the plowmen,the horses,and even. it seemed,the lean bare backed downs,sent the moth fluttering from side to side of his square of the window-pane."Virginia put the moth and rooks,ploughman and horse in an equal position.The moth is the same important as other living creatures. In Paragraph 5,Virginia used many short sentences to show us how imminent, terrified and intimidating death can be.Death means horror,gloom and helplessness,a power of magnitude,all-mighty and invincible.Before death,nothing has any chance. Also,this shortness may imply life can be short and miserable.The author wants to express her deep gloom,depression and melancholy of her life.So that is why we can say this article is a harbinger of her imminent death. In the last paragraph,Virginia had two detail description of the battle between the moth and the death."One could only watch the extraordinary efforts made by those tiny legs against an oncoming doom which could,had it chosen,have submerged an entire city,not merely a city, but masses of human beings;nothing.I knew,had any chance against death ""Also,when there was nobody to care or to know,this gigantic effort on the part of an insignificant little moth,against a power of such magnitude,to retain what no one else valued or desired to keep,moved one strangely."Though awkward-sounding,it is this kind of sentence arrangement that implies the tough battle the moth contends with doom.Interestingly,in the second sentence,there is only a very simple verb "moved",making the sentence heavy-headed.Such structure can bring a pressing and tottering feeling. 4.My thoughts and viewpoints Virginia seems to have a special preference to moth.In many works of Virginia Woolf's,the moth is a common imagery.For example,in A Room of One's Own,the narrator is a female moth.And The Wave is first named as the moth.In the 1940 autumn morning,when this little yellow moth burst upon her scene,she has a sudden impulse to write down.3.4 Syntax The whole essay has 59 sentences, including 29 simple sentences and 30 complex sentences, the distribution is relatively balanced. Virginia arranged sentence structure clearly, for instance, “The same energy which inspired the rooks, the plowmen, the horses, and even, it seemed, the lean bare backed downs, sent the moth fluttering from side to side of his square of the window-pane. ” Virginia put the moth and rooks, ploughman and horse in an equal position. The moth is the same important as other living creatures. In Paragraph 5, Virginia used many short sentences to show us how imminent, terrified and intimidating death can be. Death means horror, gloom and helplessness, a power of magnitude, all-mighty and invincible. Before death, nothing has any chance. Also, this shortness may imply life can be short and miserable. The author wants to express her deep gloom, depression and melancholy of her life. So that is why we can say this article is a harbinger of her imminent death. In the last paragraph, Virginia had two detail description of the battle between the moth and the death. “One could only watch the extraordinary ef orts made by those tiny legs against an oncoming doom which could, had it chosen, have submerged an entire city, not merely a city, but masses of human beings; nothing, I knew, had any chance against death “ “ Also, when there was nobody to care or to know, this gigantic ef ort on the part of an insignificant little moth, against a power of such magnitude, to retain what no one else valued or desired to keep, moved one strangely. ” Though awkward-sounding, it is this kind of sentence arrangement that implies the tough battle the moth contends with doom. Interestingly, in the second sentence, there is only a very simple verb ”moved”, making the sentence heavy-headed. Such structure can bring a pressing and tottering feeling. 4. My thoughts and viewpoints Virginia seems to have a special preference to moth. In many works of Virginia Woolf’s, the moth is a common imagery. For example, in A Room of One's Own, the narrator is a female moth. And The Wave is first named as the moth. In the 1940 autumn morning, when this little yellow moth burst upon her scene, she has a sudden impulse to write down