Which literary device is predominantly used in the lines expressing the speaker’s inner turmoil?

Alliteration

Metaphor

Personification

Oxymoron

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B. Metaphor

Metaphor is used to express the speaker's inner turmoil by comparing his pain to drinking poison.

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