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What type of figurative language is used in this sentence from James Joyce's "The Dead"? His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling.
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What type of figurative language is used in this sentence from James Joyce's "The Dead"?

His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling.

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I'm not completely positive, but there are many figurative languages in that excerpt. The most prominent is definitely alliteration. His Soul Swooned Slowly. Once again, I'm not 100% sure, but I hope this helped.
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