Style Mapping

Authors have a way of setting the mood in a book, novel, article, etc. with diction. The excerpt from Stardust by Neil Gaiman expresses elevated, melodious straightforward diction. For example, "there is one road from Wall, a winding track rising sharply  up from the forest, where it is lined with rocks and small stones," conveys precise description that can easily be pictured.Like the excerpt from Stardust, Blood Meridian, the excerpt by Cormac McCarthy also has ornately formal diction, however, it is also melodiously poetic. The excerpt has a rhythmic flow which is emphasized through various sentences. The sentence "Days of riding where ther rode no soul save he," is poetic in a sense that people everyday do not talk like that. Another writer similar to  McCarthy diction is Shakespeare in the foray that they are both musical and poetic. "This old moon wanes! she lingers my desires,/ Like to a step-dame or a dowager/ Long withering out a young man revenue." is an excerpt from A Midsummer Night's Dream that also expresses everything McCarthy's writing portrays.