This question is based on Literary Principles.
'The strong desire he felt for her fade away. As he had done the previous night, he tried desperately to excite himself mentally. Not a nerve in his body responded. He felt ill. He perspired. He, the stallion who usually flung himself at women, was like pulp.'
Sembane Ousmane, 'Xala'
The terseness of the prose above is employed to
This terseness (using brief, clipped sentences) creates a sense of urgency, discomfort and psychological strain, which reflects the tension the character feels.
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