Reversed simile is not a logical proof that natural properties have changed or that the sun literally depends on a human being for light. Its rhetorical purpose is to invert the accepted exemplar and the item being explained so that praise seems stronger.
Examples:
Ordinary: “His face is radiant like dawn.” Dawn is the familiar standard.
Reversed: “Dawn is radiant like his face.” The face becomes the asserted standard.
The reader must distinguish reversing word order from asserting superiority through reversal. Not every simple exchange of terms is a successful reversed simile: the context and the implied elevation of a new standard matter.