Passage 1
“Holding a microscope to the first-mentioned red ant, I saw that, though he was assiduously gnawing at the near foreleg of his enemy, having severed his remaining feeler, his own chest was all torn away, exposing what vitals he had there to the jaws of the black warrior, whose chestplate was apparently too thick for him to pierce; and the dark carbuncles of the sufferer's eyes shone with ferocity such as war only could excite.” — Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Passage 2
Holding a microscope to the first-mentioned red ant, I saw that, though he was assiduously nibbling at the near foreleg of his enemy, having broken his remaining feeler, his own chest was all torn away, showing what vitals he had there to the jaws of the black warrior, whose chest plate was apparently too thick for him to bite off; and the dark carbuncles of the sufferer's eyes shone with ferocity such as war only could excite.”


B. Compare and contrast the diction in Passage 1 (original excerpt from Chapter 12 “Brute Neighbors” of Walden) and Passage 2 (rewrite). Explain how the diction affects the meaning, tone, and mood of the passages