Ithink that it was only a temporary excitement and one which he will outgrow.

which kind of figurative language is found in the selected line?
a) hyperbole
b) metaphor
c) personification
d) simile

metaphor

Explanation:

this is the only answer that remotely fits.

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself. 

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answer: a lonely woodcutter comes by and decides to chop down the tree, while chopping, connor murphy took a nap next to the tree. waking up from the sound of chopping, he notices the tree falling on him. unable to escape, connor get hit and dies. this was the last of him.