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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This sentence is an example of a simile.

Ezze answered Apr 19, 2016

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I believe It is a simile,because similes compares two things using the words like or as.

Paul Brennan answered Apr 21, 2016

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