The speaker in these lines from langston hughes poem i too states that he is grown strong eating in the kitchen which is the statement best describes the meaning of this declaration

What type of figurative language is used in this passage from "letter from birmingham jail"? just as the prophets of the eighth century b.c. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the lord" far beyond the boundaries of their hometowns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own hometown. allusion symbolism imagery metaphor

Which of the following statements is a claim of definition?

This poem describes a train as if it were a horse. what literacy device does the poet use in this poem?