What effect is accomplish by the author beginning the story with this description "the robe of feathers" USA test prep

In this beautiful excerpt from The Robe of Feathers, we can see the description of a fisherman going fishing at night and returning to his home (Mio Strand) at dawn. When he was on his way home, he felt a warm wind, a delicious fragrance of flowers that were floating in the air, and he heard a really sweet music, and he thought that he was perhaps lost because his home was never that beautiful. He even thought he could be death and be in the Land of Yomi, so we can deduce that Yomi is a beautiful place one go when one die (like Heaven).

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answer: a lonely woodcutter comes by and decides to chop down the tree, while chopping, connor murphy took a nap next to the tree. waking up from the sound of chopping, he notices the tree falling on him. unable to escape, connor get hit and dies. this was the last of him.

"it's more of an essay than story, but perhaps it is best described as a mood-piece: it uses a lot of musical imagery, not to mention sea imagery, religious imagery, and any other imagery that suits his purpose."