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The figurative meaning of the quote is an allusion to the story of Icarus,

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The figurative meaning of this quote is that the "Flapping pigeon-winged books" looked as if they were wings of a bird flapping up and down that Montag watches until they burn and die.

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"He wanted, above all, like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house."

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Figure of speech: Metaphor

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Figure of speech: Allusion

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"Old Montag wanted to fly near the sun and now that hes burnt his damn wings, he wonders why"