The meaning of the word Dalliance is "A brief love affair"
in the first two verses the scene is set where a man is having a love affair with a married woman.
the lines
"And throwing presents straight away
Because you could never take them home
Always scared what he might say
But always leaving me alone "
reinforce this and show that the person narrating the story is saddened that all this love they supposedly feel for each other is making him sad because she throws his presents away and goes home to her husband.
By the fifth verse he realises that what she calls a "dalliance" has been going on 7 years.
we are also aware that she ended the whole thing with her lover and has gone back to her husband and she isnt interested in her lover any more
The meaning of the word Dalliance is "A brief love affair" in the first two verses the scene is set where a man is having a love affair with a married woman.
the lines "And throwing presents straight away Because you could never take them home Always scared what he might say But always leaving me alone "
reinforce this and show that the person narrating the story is saddened that all this love they supposedly feel for each other is making him sad because she throws his presents away and goes home to her husband.
By the fifth verse he realises that what she calls a "dalliance" has been going on 7 years. we are also aware that she ended the whole thing with her lover and has gone back to her husband and she isnt interested in her lover any more