For Anne Gregory Flashcards
What does the young man mean by “great honey-coloured / Ramparts at your ear?” Why does he say that young men are “thrown into despair” by them? ”
The “great honey-colored / Ramparts at your ear” refers’to the beautiful yellow coloured hair that falls at the woman’s ear and cover it like a wall around a fort. He says that the young men are “thrown into despair” by them because they look so beautiful on the women that her beauty gets thoroughly enhanced. The young men fall in love with her and feel despair. He says that it is not possible that someone would love her alone and not her yellow hair.
What colour is the young woman’s hair? What does she say she can change it to? Why would she want to do so?
The young woman’s hair is of yellow colour. She says that she could get her hair dyed to brown, black or carrot colour. She would change the colour of her hair so that the young men in despair would love her only and not her yellow hair. She wanted them to love her for what she was and not for her appearance such as her hair colour.
Why is the youth in despair in the poem “For Anne Gregory”?
The young man loves Anne. He is attracted towards her external beauty. He feels that young men are in despair because of her exquisite beauty.
What did the religious man tell the poet?
The religious man told the poet that he found a book to prove that only god could love her for her spiritual beauty and not for her physical beauty.
The poet in the poem, ‘For Anne Gregory’ conveys that we should give importance to the inner beauty and not to the physical appearance. Elaborate with reference to the poem.
The lady has attractive yellow hair, but shuns any suitor who falls for her hair rather than herself. The lady asserts that she can dye her hair into shades of brown, black, or carrot to ward off desperate men and assert that a genuine lover should love her for herself and not for her hair. The poet declares that human love is fickle and drawn to exterior appearances. The poet declares that loving a person for his true character rather than the external accouterments, is a godly quality. God loves a human being for their true selves and not for their yellow hair, proving that a gay coat does not make a person a gentleman.
Write a paragraph on the topic “All that Glitters is not Gold”. With reference to the poem “For Anne Gregory” written by W. B. Yeats.
What we see through the naked eye might not always be the naked truth. Like shining pieces of glass that shine and glitter like diamonds, the way people appear on the outside can be very misleading. We must never judge a book by its cover as there is a possibility that we might be wrong.
Appearances should never be trusted. It can lead us to wrong conclusions. A person may be very handsome or beautiful outside but inside if the character is not good that person’s appearance is of no value. So always try to look beneath the skin because beauty is skin deep. The real beauty lies in the personality of the person, not in external appearances.
Find the same meaning of ‘saintly’ in the extract.
religious.
The yellow hair refers to the colour of the hair and the
age
