I need you to tell me what the figurative language in this poem means

Considering "civil disobedience," why did both thoreau and martin luther king, jr. engage in acts of civil disobedience? to take a stand against government taxation to protest government policies they believed were unjust to protest slavery and the mexican-american war to take a stand against unfair laws in the 1950s and ‘60s

Which quotation best supports the authors’ claim and purpose?

Lines 47–56: determine the central idea of these lines