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This is a simile. It is comparing the burnt out torches to something else (in this case, a sick man's strength or vitality) using "like" or "as."
Hyperbole: My backpack weighs a ton of bricks. Simile: She runs as fast as a cheetah. Metaphor: His heart is a lion, fierce and wild. Personification: The wind whispered through the trees.
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This is a simile because it uses "like" to compare two unlike things - the legs and overcooked noodles.
A metaphor is a flower. A simile is like (or as) a flower. Both metaphor and simile compare one thing to another. The difference is that a simile uses the words 'like' or 'as', and metaphor doesn't. Metaphor: Life is a fountain. Simile: Life is like a fountain.
The phrase "sly as a fox" is a simile because it directly compares Max to a fox using "as." If it were a metaphor, it would say, "Max is a fox."