Question

The peasants came like swarms of flies

And buzzed the name of God a hundred times
to paralyse the Evil one.
With candles and with lanterns
throwing giant scorpion shadows
on the mud - baked walls
they searched for him; he was not found
They clicked their tongues

1. Pick out the metaphor from the above lines​

Answer 1

not 100% sure, but i think its “and buzzed the name of god a hundred times to paralyse the Evil one.”