In this excerpt from Act II, Scene II, of "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", by William Shakespeare, the type of figurative language that is used in the passage is <em>simile</em>. A simile is a comparison between two unlike things, often with the word like. Calphurnia asks Julius Caesar not to go to the Senate because she has had nightmares. Julius Caesar tells Denius that he is not going because his wife saw a statue of him that was like a fountain but pouring blood.
