Summary of For Anne Gregory Class 10 First Flight

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“Never shall a young man,
Thrown into despair,
By those great honey-coloured,
Ramparts at your ear,
Love you for yourself alone,
And not your yellow hair.”
In these lines, the poet is speaking to the young Anne Gregory. He tells her that her hair is the same color as honey. The way her hair falls over her ear, entirely enveloping it within the strands, makes the poet think of the ramparts one finds surrounding a castle and protecting it against attack from the outside. The poet knows that the sight of her beautiful hair has made many a young man fall in love with her, and also to despair for their overtures are not accepted by her. However, the poet is also sure that all the young men who claim to be in love with her love her for her yellow hair, that is, for her appearance alone. They do not know who she really is, and hence they cannot appreciate her inner beauty, being enamored of her outer appearance only.

“But I can get a hair-dye,
And set such colour there,
Brown, or black, or carrot,
That young men in despair,
May love me for myself alone,
And not my yellow hair.”
In these lines, Anne Gregory is giving the poet a response to his statement that men love her only for her outward appearance. She does not say that the poet’s point of view is entirely wrong. Instead, she says that if her yellow hair is what men like, she can easily dye it some other color. That is, she can change her physical appearance. She also suggests what color she might dye her hair, and mentions brown, black and carrot as plausible options. These, she feels, are less appealing than blonde. In other words, she is saying that she can choose to look ugly if she wants. Perhaps if she looked ugly then she would get a chance to find out if it is possible for some man to look beyond her physical appearance and love her for the person she is on the inside.

“I heard an old religious man,
But yesternight declare,
That he had found a text to prove,
That only God, my dear,
Could love you for yourself alone,
And not your yellow hair.”
In these lines, we once again hear the poet speaking. He tells Anne Gregory that the previous night he had come across an old man who was quite religious-minded. This old man had asserted that he had found a manuscript in which it was written that only God will be able to love Anne for more than her physical appearance. In other words, the poet is saying that it is a truth since time immemorial that men cannot easily judge women on anything other than their looks. He is also paying Anne the compliment that she can never look ugly even if she wants to.

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• The poem is addressed to a young and beautiful lady named Anne Gregory.
• Her hair is honey-coloured or blonde.
• Every young man loves Anne just because of her beautiful hair.
• Her hair falling on her ears look like the ramparts surrounding a castle.
• The poet says that no one would love Anne Gregory for ‘herself alone’.
• No one cares for her inner beauty or the nobility of her soul.
• Her outward appearance and her yellow hair are the only causes of her attraction.
• In the second stanza, the lady, Anne Gregory herself settles the issue.
• She says that she is free to choose what colour she uses to dye her hair.
• She can dye her hair brown or black or of the colour of a carrot.
• Any young man should fall in love with her only after judging her own merits.
• Her yellow hair or outwardly appearance should not make any young man sigh for her in despair.
• She should be loved for ‘herself alone’.
• In the last stanza, the poet resolves the issue.
• The poet quotes a religious text.
• It is beyond human beings not to be attracted by physical appearance or beauty.
• Human beings can be easily swayed by beautiful yellow hair or outwardly appearance.
• Only God has the ability to withstand the temptations of physical beauty.
• Men, without God’s strength, simply can’t look beyond physical appearances.

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‘For Anne Gregory’ विलियम बटलर यीट्स की प्यार की श्रेस्ट कविता में से एक है| इस कविता में कवि एक युवती के प्रति एक युवक के प्रेम का वर्णन करता है| प्रेमी उस महिला के पीले बालो को पसंद करता है| परन्तु वह उसके कान के पीछे के भाग को पसंद नहीं करता है| महिला उसके प्यार को सवीकार नहीं करती है| वह एक ऐसे प्रेमी की कामना करती है जो उसे अंदरूनी तौर पर प्यार करे बल्कि शारीरिक तौर पर नहीं| वह कहती है की उसके पीले बाल अस्थाई है| वह शीघ्र ही उन्हें भूरे अथवा काले अथवा गाजरी रंग में बदल देगी| तब कवि कहता है कि केवल भगबान को मनुष्यो को उनकी आत्मा के आधार पर प्यार करता है न की शरीर के आधार पर| केवल ल निश्वार्थ प्रेम ही सच्चा होता है | 

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Love for Yellow Hair: This poem of W.B. Yeats has been addressed to a young and beautiful lady, named Anne Gregory. The physical charm of the young lady is irresistible. Her honey—coloured blonde hair falling on her ear easily attract the onlookers. The hair falling on the ears look like the ramparts or wide walls around a castle. However, it is difficult to say that a young man is thrown into despair and started loving her only for ‘herself alone’. The physical beauty of her hair is so irresistible that the lover doesn’t even bother to know whether the young lady has internal beauty and possesses nobility of the soul.

Superficial Physical Appearance: Anne Gregory’s response in the second stanza is quite expected one. She wants to say that she can get a hair-dye of any kind or colour. It depends on her if she colours her hair brown, or black or of carrot colour. She explodes the myth of physical beauty. She asks why should a young man falls in love with her and sigh In despair only after seeing the colour of her haw? If at all, any young man shows his love for her, then, that love should be based on her merits. She should be loved, not for her outward appearance but for what her inner beauty or personality is. Her character, personality and inner beauty must be the cause of attraction and not her yellow hair.

God’s Ability to Look Inside: The poet resolves the conflict in the third stanza. The poet quotes a religious text to prove his point. Men are men. Humans will fall to physical attractions quite easily. It is quite possible for a young man to be attracted by the beauty of Anne Gregory’s blonde hair. Only God has the ability to resist outwardly physical temptations. Only God can judge a man or a woman by what he or she is or his or her merits. Human beings, without God’s strength, can’t look beyond outward appearances and physical beauty.