which detail about an event in The Sweetest Sound is influenced by the historical setting of the story

What is the relationship between paragraph 2 paragraph 3 through 29?

When a progressive tense is used in the independent clause, the dependent clause typically uses the tense.

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. a. metaphor b. alliteration c. hyperbole d. euphemism