Which type of figurative language is being used; such as metaphor, simile, personification, symbol, or allusion in these excerpts from mlk's letter. 1. …and see the tears welling up in her little eyes when she is told that funtown is closed to colored children, and see the 7. let us all hope the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities… 3. to a degree, academic freedom is a reality today because socrates practiced civil disobedience. 2. there comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice where they experience the bleakness of corroding despair.