Question

You—you— Your shadow is sunlight on a plate of silver; Your footsteps, the seeding-place of lilies; Your hands moving, a chime of bells across a windless air. The movement of your hands is the long, golden running of light from a rising sun; It is the hopping of birds upon a garden-path.

Answer 1

Answer:The figurative language used in the above stanzas is METAPHOR.

Metaphor is a comparison of two objects that are unrelated but have similarities. These similarities are used for more rhetorical effect and to catch audience's attention.

Shadow is compared to sunlight on a plate of silver.

Footsteps is compared to seeding-place of lilies

Moving hands is compared to chime of bells.

Movement of hands is compared to light of a rising sun and hopping of birds