Face To The Heavens Comments

The form of this poem is quite innovative: A statement is doubled by being stated in the first part and repeated in reverse in the second part, and there is a hinge passage between them. The hinge passage does not really clarify these two parallels. It seems to be a dour prophecy] the heavy rain won't fall on us anymore, that crisis is over but now will face drought. The parallels are a way of asserting nothing has changed substantially, only the details of the danger change, but there is always danger, so begin your defence