By comparing the freedom movement to the flight of an airplane in MLK's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, King recognizes all of the people who made the movement possible. When talking about the flight, he mentions all of the personnel, not just the pilot but all of the ground crew who are rarely seen, that make the flight successful. He is pointing out that the freedom movement couldn't have been successful without all of the people in the background.
Meager means scarce, in that there was not much available for them to eat. Therefore, they were starving and desperate for the next town to stock up.
A poem with fourteen lines and a mixed rhyme scheme is a sonnet. It is written in iambic pentameter where each line has 10 syllables. It has a rhyme scheme and specific turn. The rhyme scheme in English is usually abab-cdcd-efef-gg and in Italian abba-abba-cde-cde.
She realizes that she is unable to help make his life any better. Hope this helps
