Thoreau mostly uses imagery to illustrate time in the excerpt. The second sentence is saying that he is in the midst of time/living, and he can "detect how shallow it is," meaning that he is aware that life is short and that the end is inevitable. Thoreau also describes time as being fleeting, but ever-present.
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At the end when the two main characters come together
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Right in the beggining of the text we can see figurative language, like this excert:
"Her foward expression was steady and driving like the advance of a heavy truck".
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