Simile, metaphor or personification words climb up my throat

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

Based on this excerpt, the reader is able to conclude that turner feels about his friendship with lizzie.

Lens quotation: "character is what you are in the dark." -dwight lyman moody