A short story to help make a point:
allegory
anecdote
analogy
none of these

allegory

Explanation:

allegory is a short story that states a point of view about important topics. anecdote is a short story that involves some humor but it also makes a point. analogy makes a comparison between two things to state their importance.

- "is not only a luminous passive watcher in the night sky, but it is a powerful force.

it does symbolizes love,   lust   and dreaming and is seen as a power symbolic force that determines and affects human behaviors and reactions.

in the context of the question it does remain you that he events are only taking place at night and the reader of the passage of time."

i would believe it would be b., the author wants to draw the reader deeper into the experience