Question

Read lines 8 and 9 from the poem, "Your Laughter" and answer the question.

...the sudden wave


of silver in you.



YOUR LAUGHTER from The Captain's Verses by Pablo Neruda, copyright © 1972 by Pablo Neruda and Donald D. Walsh. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.



What type of figurative language does the poet use in these lines?



A.) onomatopoeia to describe the sound of laughter


B.) hyperbole to exaggerate the volume of the laughter


C.) metaphor to compare laughter to something valuable


D.) metonomy to dramatize laughter in a particular setting

Answer 1

C). Metaphor to compare laughter to something valuable

Step-by-step explanation:

The author is comparing his lovers laughter to "a wave of silver", which is a very valuable material. That can have many meanings in writing experience and expressions.

Answer 2

D.) mentonomy to dramtize laughter in a particular setting