Identify the figurative language used in these stanzas of amy lowell's "in excelsis. " write a paragraph of at least 5 sentences in which you identify at least 3 examples of figurative language in the poem and explain how those examples convey meaning in the poem. 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.

Metaphor is simply a figure of speech that deals with the comparison of two objects that are unrelated but yet have some similarities. Now, the similarities are used for additional rhetorical effect and to capture the reader's attention.

Now, in the given stanzas we see the following comparisons using metaphor;

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 the light of a rising sun and hopping of birds

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