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
Car drivers and students be more carefully
students look left and right before they cross the road
car drivers dont stop at the middle of the road
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