I think it means like his job like building up high and good
Answer:
Yes, the term, 'their immediate concern was to save Lucas from the jaws of death' would be figurative speech because Lucas is <em>not</em> actually going to die by getting eaten. It is a metaphor.
Please paraphrase just in case.
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<span>-The poem moves from a sense of wonder in the first stanza toward a sense of perplexity in the second.
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