If the two characters, thoreau and emerson, were to represent words and actions, which man would represent words, and which would represent actions, and why?

this answer was editing it cause i couldn't delete!

yup its an addiction

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.