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Pieanne Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Belated forgiveness plea
Hello all! This is a title of a song by Donovan (I'm revistiting all my classics).
My question is: Is it a plea asking for forgiveness, or a plea grantingforgiveness to someone, or is it as ambiguous as I feel it? Thank you.
I forgot: here are the lyrics http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Donovan/Belated-Forgiveness-Plea.html
My question is: Is it a plea asking for forgiveness, or a plea grantingforgiveness to someone, or is it as ambiguous as I feel it? Thank you.
I forgot: here are the lyrics http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Donovan/Belated-Forgiveness-Plea.html
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Well, I'd say he was asking for forgiveness: there's 'nothing he can do'. Toodle pip [8] MrP [8]
- Well, I'd say he was asking for forgiveness: there's 'nothing he can do'.
- Toodle pip [8] MrP [8]
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Well, I'd say he was asking for forgiveness: there's 'nothing he can do'.
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BUT! I knew there was something: He says:
This much you must believe:
It pains to see you grieve.
I pity you,
If the other let's say she) is grieving for something he (Donovan) has done, she would be happy to hear him asking for forgiveness, but that's not the case (there's nothing I can do)
What if it were the other way round? : She asks for forgiveness, but he
This much you must believe:
It pains to see you grieve.
I pity you,
If the other let's say she) is grieving for something he (Donovan) has done, she would be happy to hear him asking for forgiveness, but that's not the case (there's nothing I can do)
What if it were the other way round? : She asks for forgiveness, but he
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Hmm. She doesn't have a very strong presence, though; only when he imagines her grieving. I'm not sure where we could say that she's asking for forgiveness. Here's how I see it:
As a pilgrim I did go ] A pilgrim goes on a pilgrimage in a spirit of penitence.
To a land that I did know,
To the shores of Trist la Cal,
To see if I st
As a pilgrim I did go ] A pilgrim goes on a pilgrimage in a spirit of penitence.
To a land that I did know,
To the shores of Trist la Cal,
To see if I st
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Yes, it all fits, but I'm still confused. I can't spot any plea for forgiveness from either one. They're both crying. If "there's nothing that I can do" = make amends, then it means "I cannot make any amends".
Maybe he raped her? [6]
Maybe he raped her? [6]
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It seems a little vigorous for Donovan. Stole her ice cream perhaps...
I suppose if 'plea for forgiveness' is in the title, and he's revisiting the scene of the incident now, and crying, and she in his imagination is crying too, in the past, and there's nothing he can do to make amends, there's at least a sporting chance that he's more likely to have been the misbehaving party...Or am I b
I suppose if 'plea for forgiveness' is in the title, and he's revisiting the scene of the incident now, and crying, and she in his imagination is crying too, in the past, and there's nothing he can do to make amends, there's at least a sporting chance that he's more likely to have been the misbehaving party...Or am I b
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Let me just add that his rendition of 'Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight' was, frankly, outstanding.
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I've been thinking about it all. "The seagulls they have gone" could mean "my love (for you) has gone". Maybe he didn't do anything awful, just fell out of love with her? Then, "pilgrimage" could be "revisiting the place of a 'miracle' - falling in love-", and both of them could have a reason for being sad, she because he left her, and he because... because he hurt her, because being in love with
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