Ay Dwan Literary Devices

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In this song, there are a lot of emotions and things that have been described. The singer is describing how a lot of people want him to fall and not succeed and how different challenging situation has passed throughout his life. There are different kinds of literary device that have been used in this song, such as psalms, historical and apocalyptic literature. The main literature that has been used is psalms. Psalms are hymns songs of prayer express, praise, thanksgiving, petition or historical. Psalms are used in this lyric when the singer says, “Aye Dwan though, aye Theo ain't it a blessing? We made it out Kentucky after all that happened? After the pre-trials, after the status After them impact statements, after the castle, Aye JR n***,

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