Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow :
“For he seemed to me again like a king,
Like a king in exile, uncrowned in the underworld,
Now due to be crowned again.
And so, I missed my chance with one of the lords of life.”
(a) Which literary device does the poet use in the first line ?
(b) The snake appears to the poet like ..............
(c) “One of the lords of life” refers to ..............
(d) The poet blames ............. his action.