Which literary device is employed in the following sentence from Herman Melville’s short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener"?

And here Bartleby makes his home, sole spectator of a solitude which he has seen all populous—a sort of innocent and transformed Marius brooding among the ruins of Carthage!

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Which literary device is employed in the following sentence from Herman Melville’s short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener"?

And here Bartleby makes his home, sole spectator of a solitude which he has seen all populous—a sort of innocent and transformed Marius brooding among the ruins of Carthage!

anonymous · Answer

allegory

irony

allusion

symbolism

divinesolar · Answer

Well its not allusion for sure, im thinking symbolism but i may not be correct, so wait for a few more responses @TheYoungBlaze Good luck my friend ;)

anonymous · Answer

I fear there won't be any more responses D: everyone has gone offline.

divinesolar · Answer

Oh i am sorry @TheYoungBlaze That is awful. Well i guess research what each of those mean and see what you think the answer is. That is all i have to say my friend.