Language

Style of writing in lines 121-133

The tone of the language in lines 121-133 of the short story “The Lamb” by Andrea Carter is solemn and serious, reading almost like a confession by the narrator. The wording and sentence structure are fairly simple. The sentences are generally short. The longest sentences are the one describing Ruth’s photo (ll. 124-126) and the narrator’s confession of her enduring love for Ruth (ll. 131-132). 

There are a couple of significant repetitions used in this passage. The first one is present in the passage describing the reunion. The verbs here are in the future tense but it is actually an imagined future because the narrator cannot know for sure what it will be like. The words “There will be” (l.122-126) are repeated four times, outlining how the...