Why do you think this article begins by telling the reader about Douthat's Interest in space travel and the moon? Do you think this may be establishing some sort of credibility somehow?

answer: the first one climax ,the second   is plot

explanation:

they both lost a woman they loved named lenore

they believed they interracted with a talking raven

they became orphaned at a young age.

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.