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Chapter 10: For Anne Gregory
📖 Poem
Class 10
✍️ W.B. Yeats
NCERT First Flight
📖 Chapter Summary
This poem is a dialogue between a young girl, Anne Gregory, and the poet. Anne says that no young man will ever love her for herself — they only love her for her beautiful yellow hair. The poet replies that no one can be loved for their external beauty alone. True love is for the inner self, not for outward appearance.
📖 NCERT Chapter — First Flight
✅ NCERT Exercise Solutions
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Comprehension Check
4 Q
Q1.
What does Anne Gregory say about young men?
Ans: She says young men love her only for her beautiful yellow hair.
Q2.
What does the poet reply?
Ans: He says no one can be loved for external beauty alone.
Q3.
What does the poet mean by 'inner beauty'?
Ans: A person's character, soul, and inner qualities — not just appearance.
Q4.
What is the poem's main theme?
Ans: True love is based on inner qualities, not outward appearance.
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Thinking about the Poem
2 Q
Q1.
What is the significance of Anne's yellow hair?
Ans: It symbolises external beauty — the kind that fades with time.
Q2.
What does the poem teach us about love?
Ans: True love looks beyond physical appearance and values the soul.
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Literary Devices
3 Q
Q1.
Identify dialogue form.
Ans: The poem is a dialogue between Anne and the poet.
Q2.
Identify symbolism.
Ans: Yellow hair = external beauty; inner self = true love.
Q3.
What is the rhyme scheme?
Ans: ABAB CDCD EE.
❓ Important Questions
Q1. What does Anne Gregory complain about?
That young men love her only for her beautiful yellow hair, not for herself.
Q2. What is the poet's answer to Anne?
That no one can be loved for their appearance alone. True love is for the soul.
📄 Previous Year Questions (PYQ)
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Q1. What is the central idea of 'For Anne Gregory'?
True love is based on inner beauty, not on outward appearance.
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Q2. Why does Anne want to change her hair colour?
She thinks young men love her only for her yellow hair.
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Q3. What does the poet say about inner beauty?
True love values inner beauty — the soul — not the outer appearance.
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The poem is a dialogue between Anne Gregory and the poet.
यह कविता ऐनी ग्रेगरी और कवि के बीच संवाद है।
Anne says young men love her only for her yellow hair.
ऐनी कहती है कि युवा पुरुष उससे केवल उसके पीले बालों के लिए प्यार करते हैं।
The poet says no one is loved for external beauty alone.
कवि कहता है कि किसी से केवल बाहरी सुंदरता के लिए प्यार नहीं किया जाता।
True love is for the inner self.
सच्चा प्यार भीतरी आत्मा के लिए होता है।
Outer beauty fades, inner beauty stays.
बाहरी सुंदरता फीकी पड़ जाती है, भीतरी सुंदरता टिकती है।
The poem explores the meaning of true love.
कविता सच्चे प्यार के अर्थ की खोज करती है।