Hello Christina,
I felt that this was a poem which it would be a mistake to try to paraphrase into prose. It canīt be converted into a literal equivalent. So there were phrases that didnīt `meanī anything to me but still conveyed an impression. Some other phrases didnīt, however. I was struggling in places. The overall sense of the poem was clearly aggressive and inimical, threatening. I felt the final line smacked of something of a cliché though and didnīt work for that reason.
Best wishes, Mike
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