Q. He lifted his head from drinking as cattle do. 
The poetic device in this line is 
1. Hyperbole 
2. Oxymoron 
3. Simile 
4. Pun

Since "as" is used to compare snake with cattle,the poetic device used in that line is SIMILE(if "as" or "like" is used in a line then the poetic device would be simile.

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