Analysis of an extract from “At the Bay” by Katherine Mansfield (ID:299072)

The text under discussion is a piece of belles-lettres writing, namely an extract from the short story “At the Bay” by the famous English modernist writer of the 20th century Katherine Mansfield. The events of the text are presented in the form of description intermingled with the elements of narration. The narration is done in the 3rd person singular. The general emotional tone of this extract is not homogeneous: it is calm at the beginning of the text but then it turns into light and vivid at the end. The events of the text are set on the sea coast of Crescent Bay at sunrise. The main characters are an old shepherd, his dog, a flock of sheep and the nature that surrounds them.