Isuppose that futile waiting was the sorrowful background music of our impoverished little community when i was young.

which best describes the figurative language used in this sentence?

idiom
metaphor
hyperbole
personification

The question below refers to the selection “ozymandias” by percy bysshe shelley. the traveler seems to believe that — a. monuments are eternal b. the passage of time is necessary and inevitable c. we must preserve relics of past civilizations d. even the greatest works are destroyed by time