Polonius says to laertes ”this above all to thine own self be true.”does this advice put too much value on individual beliefs and not enough on the need for people to exist in a greater community?

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