What two things are being compared in this epic simile from the odyssey

What's my name? if you know you know

Aman lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. in the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment.

Whos a good poet to listen to? i got back into shane koyczan and i'm wondering if anything else is out there.