For Anne Gregory

FOR ANNE GREGORY

SUMMARY In the first part, the poet tells Anne that if she turns down a guy, he might feel really sad. The poet talks...

Stanza 1 “Never shall a young man, Thrown into despair, By those great honey-coloured, Ramparts at your ear, Love you f...

Stanza 2 “But I can get a hair-dye, And set such colour there, Brown, or black, or carrot, That young men in despair, Ma...

Stanza 3 “I heard an old religious man, But yesternight declare, That he had found a text to prove, That only God, my de...

1. What did the religious man tell the poet? Answer : The religious man told the poet that he discovered a book. It...

2. What colour is the young woman’s hair? What does she say she can change it to? Why would she want to do so? Answe...

3. What does the young woman wish? Answer : The young woman wants to be loved for who she is, not just because of h...

4. Would the young man love her for herself alone? Answer : The young man feels hopeless and disappointed because h...

5. What are the honey-coloured ramparts? Answer : The ramparts are like the young woman's honey-colored or golden h...

6. What was not liked by the young men? Answer : The young men only love what they see on the outside, not the true...

7. The young woman’s hair is yellow coloured. She is ready to change her hair colour to another colour. Why would she wa...

8. What does the religious man tell the poet about God’s love for man? Answer : The religious man has told the poet...

9. What is the theme or the central idea of the poem? Answer : In "For Anne Gregory," W.B. Yeats delivers a clear...

10. Why is the youth in despair in the poem “For Anne Gregory”? Answer : The young man loves Anne because he finds...

11. What does the old religious man have to say? Answer : The old religious man claims he found a text showing only...

12. What is the central idea of the poem `For Anne Gregory’? Or What is the theme of the poem ‘For Anne Gregory’? An...

13. To whom is the first stanza of the poem addressed? What does the speaker say to her? Answer : The first part of...

14. What matters for God more to love human beings? Answer : For God, the inner qualities of human beings matter mo...

15. How will the hair-dye help Anne? Answer : Anne could use hair dye to change her hair color from yellow to brown...

16. What makes a young man not to love the woman referred to in the first stanza? Answer : The woman has beautiful...

17. How is divine love different human from love? Answer : Divine love is everlasting and transcends physical beaut...

18. Why should a young man never love a young woman for ‘herself alone’ Answer : Usually, a young man is drawn to a...

19. How does William Butler Yeats use metaphorical language in 'For Anne Gregory', to effectively reflect the perception...

20. What are those ‘great honey-coloured ramparts’ at the ears of that young lady? What is the poetic device used here?...

21. What does the lady want to do and why? Answer : Anne Gregory, the young lady, doesn't want a young man to love...

22. Why doesn’t the young woman like to be loved for her yellow hair? What does she want to prove? Answer : The you...

23. Why should a young person never be thrown into despair? Answer : Usually, a young man is attracted to a beautif...

24. What is the central idea of the poem ‘For Anne Gregory’? Answer : The main idea of the poem is that people ofte...

25. What did the old religious man declare? What did he want to prove? Answer : The poet listened to an old religio...

26. What does the woman say she can do to make herself more desirable to young men? What does this show? Answer : T...

27. What is the difference between God’s attitude towards a young woman and the attitude of humans towards her? Answ...

28. Objects have qualities which make them desirable to others. Can you think of some objects (a car, a phone, a dress a...

1. How right or wrong is it to judge someone on the basis of his/her physical appearance? Answer : Physical looks do...

2. What does the young man mean by “great honey-coloured / Ramparts at your ear?” Why does he say that young men are “th...

3. 'Beauty is only skin deep'. How can the poem 'For Anne Gregory' by W. B Yeats bring out this message? Answer : Pe...

4. What according to you is the real beauty external or spiritual ? Write your views taking in consideration the poem 'F...

5. People are not objects. They should be valued for being themselves. What lesson does the poet want to give to the rea...

6. What according to you is the tone of the poem? Answer : William Butler Yeats wrote the poem 'For Anne Gregory' li...

7. Do we love people because we like their appearances or we are fascinated by their physical appearances? How does Anne...

1. What does the young man mean by “great honey-coloured/Ramparts at your ear?” Why does he say that young men are “thro...

2. What colour is the young woman’s hair? What does she say she can change it to? Why would she want to do so? Answer...

3. Objects have qualities which make them desirable to others. Can you think of some objects (a car, a phone, a...

4. What about people? Do we love others because we like their qualities, whether physical or mental? Or is it po...

5. You have perhaps concluded that people are not objects to be valued for their qualities or riches rather than...