Oh absolutely.
I think the main point of the above-article is to show that
writing is music by providing a concrete example of an easily
musical style.
I can hear the tone and cadence in that author's writing and
hear a voice reciting them.
World weary, gravely voice, A good example: the sentence of the
2nd paragraph you wrote, the three "borrowed" parts would have
the same intonation - I imagine each borrowed as having the same
rhythm and tone, rather flat but ever so slightly desperate...
matter-of-factly yet more gravely urgent.
