First Flight Poem ch11 For Anne Gregory

CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature
Revision Notes
Chapter 11
For anne Gregory (poem)

This poem is a conversation between a young man and a young woman.
They were arguing about each other regarding the real beauty that lies in her.
The poem is written for A. Gregory who might be having golden hair young man of lies love appearance and not the real person.
he colour of the young woman hair is white as she can colour it brown, black or carrots. She can change it to brown, black or carrot. She wanted to do so to look attractive.
By great honey coloured /Ramparts of your ear the poet means golden outer parts of ears of the young woman. He says that young men are thrown into despair by them because they look ugly.