| Class | 10th |
| Subject | English |
| Book | First Flight |
| Category | Important Questions |
Class 10 English Poem 10 For Anne Gregory Important Questions
Long Questions
Q1. What are the young man and young woman arguing about in the poem “For Anne Gregory” ?
Ans – A young man and woman are arguing about beauty aspect of life. In this poem, a man and woman are in love. While woman thinks that his love also due to external visible signs like her yellow hairs, whose colour can be changed with dyes. She thinks that he loves her physically not internally. While man says that God loves human beings on the basis of their soul or internal beauty not because of external looks. True love is selfless and is not based on mere outer looks.
Q2. What is the central idea of the poem For Anne Gregory’? Discuss.
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What is the theme of the poem for Anne Gregory? Discuss.
Ans – The poem conveys the idea that physical beauty may be important for young men or the human beings. But God does not love human beings for their physical beauty. In this poem the poet gives and example of a lover who loves the yellow hair of a young lady but does not like her ramparts. The lady disapproves her.
Short Questions
Q1. How can the young woman dye her hair ? Why ? (For Anne Gregory) Most Important
Ans – The colour of young woman’s hair is yellow but she can change the colour of her hairs. She can dye it brown, black or carrot. She would want to do so that her lover must love only to herself.
Q2. How will the young man react on seeing the honey coloured ramparts ? Whose ramparts ? (For Anne Gregory)
Ans – On seeing honey coloured ramparts, the young man are thrown into despair by them because they look ugly. These ramparts are of her love whose hair is golden in color.
Q3. What will the young man love the woman for ? (For Anne Gregory)
Ans – The woman has beautiful yellow hair. but the outer part of her ear is not attractive. The young man loves her yellow hair but does not like her ramparts.
Q4. What did the religious man tell the poet ? (For Anne Gregory)
Ans – The religious man told the poet that God loves human beings on the basis of their soul or internal beauty not because of external looks. True love is selfless and is not based on mere outer looks.
Q5. What feature of the young woman has put the young man into despair ?
Ans – The young woman dyes her hair in golden colour. This looks ugly now. Her golden hair put the young man into despair.
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