Other aspects include detailed characterization. He immerses the reader in on a key detail and then twists it into a detailed description. He is very skillful at zooming in on a memory and then zooming out to address the reader. This helps keep the reader engaged with his writing.
7. It ends in despair because it uses words that relate to despair e.g. die, sink, and "only to" indicates that the creature could have done a lot more.