Metaphor because you are comparing two things but not using like or as
The correct option is E. The statement in option E implies that Ivan Llyich has isolated himself from his family and friends and he lives all alone in his thoughts and mind. He believed that none of his family understand him and that they did not sympathize with his condition. The statement is a statement of a lonely man.
Answer:
a wineskin full I brought along, and victuals in a bag
