Which of the following best describes the diction of this excerpt from "The Youngest Doll"?

"In those days, the family was nearly ruined; they lived surrounded by a past that was breaking up around them with the same impassive musicality with which the dining room chandelier crumbled on the frayed linen cloth of the dining room table."
(1 point)
Responses

lofty and archaic
lofty and archaic

direct and dialectal
direct and dialectal

vivid and figurative
vivid and figurative

casual and informal

1 answer

vivid and figurative