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

anonymous · Answer

@Deadly_Roses

xmissalycatx · Answer

I'm leaning towards either allegory or symbolism.

anonymous · Answer

do you have one set one? I can only choose one :(

xmissalycatx · Answer

Umm, oh dear. I would think allegory, but I could be wrong. I don't want you to get the answer wrong :(

anonymous · Answer

I really need to pass this test :(

xmissalycatx · Answer

I think that's what it is. I'm sticking with it.

anonymous · Answer

yeah, id say Allegory as well. its the closest thing to it