which poetic device does the speaker use in the line, “since bacchus, satan, and the hangman”? allusion hyperbole simile metonymy
The poetic device the speaker is using is allusion it this line. Option A is correct.
Allusion is a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in an attempt to make a comparison in the readers' minds. According to that definition, Bacchus, Satan, and the Hangman aren't actually characters in this literary piece of work, but the author is making a reference to them nevertheless.