Semicolon. This is because it’s like a run on of the sentence rather than another part of that makes any sense.
The question mark obviously wouldn’t work and neither would colon since colon is sort of like, listing examples. Comma would make the sentence sound weird.
Hope this helps!
The type of figurative language that the poet use in these lines is Metaphor that compare the laughter to something valuable.
<h3>What is a Metaphor?</h3>
As a figure of speech, its makes a direct comparison between elements that are not related in order to create an image in the reader's mind.
In the lines 8 and 9 from the poem, the poet used a Metaphor by comparing the laughter to something valuable.
Therefore, the Option C is correct.
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