"My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light." Paine most likely uses this language to convince his audience that
he is completely confident in his reasoning.
his reasoning is supported by many others.
his reasoning is influenced by the laws of nature.
their reasoning is flawed if they disagree with him.

Which line in this excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock" by t.s. eliot uses synecdoche? shall i say, i have gone at dusk through narrow streets and watched the smoke that rises from the pipes of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows? i should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas.