Bob Marley Concrete Jungle

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In the song, “ Concrete Jungle” by Bob Marley is about someone who is trying to get through the hard things in life. The song is trying to reflect Bob Marley’s hard times in Jamaica. The song shows various kinds of literary devices like, similes, personification, hyperboles, idioms and metaphors throughout the song. First, Bob Marley writes, Concrete Jungle, he means that he lived in an overcrowded, unsafe and/or crime-ridden urban environment or city, characterized by the congestion of large buildings and roads. Since he lived in a hard life in Jamaica, he wrote about in song form. Secondly, he wrote “ I know I am bound here in captivity” This means that he has no freedom and does not know where to go. Lastly, He wrote about picking himself

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