What does the statement “steamships shrank the oceans” mean?

Eleanor roosevelt repeatedly brings up the idea of education. what does she most likely mean when she uses the word education?

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

Edgar allan poe's annabel lee should be considered rather then a literal