This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.

... goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast'

The literary device in the extract above from Herbert's The Pulley is

• A metonymy
• B personification
• C oxymoron
• D irony