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

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.