First Flight Poem ch11 For Anne Gregory - CBSE Test Papers

CBSE TEST Paper 01
For Anne Gregory
  1. What wisdom was imparted to the poet by an old religious man? Do you agree with the opinion?
  2. In Anne Gregory, what does the woman say she can do to make herself more desirable to young men? What does this show?
  3. Why doesn’t the young woman in the poem For Anne Gregory like to be loved for her yellow hair? What does she want to prove?
  4. 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.
  5. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (1×4=4)
    “But I can get a hair-dye
    And set such colour there,
    Brown, or black, or carrot,
    That young man in despair
    May love me for myself alone
    And not my yellow hair.”
    1. Name the poet of the above lines.
    2. Who is the speaker in these lines?
    3. What colour would she give her hair?
    4. What point does she argue about?
  6. Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow :
    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.
    1. What colour is her hair?
    2. Why does she want to change the colour of her hair?
    3. 'Men in despair' means ______.
    4. What are the different colours of the hair mentioned by the poet?
CBSE TEST Paper 01
For Anne Gregory
Solution
  1. The old religious man said that it is only God who can love a person for himself alone regardless of his appearance and other attributes.
    I agree with the above opinion because people do get influenced by the appearance and other physical traits of a person. Only God's love for his creation is unconditional. His affection is unbiased and selfless and is not affected by any unpleasantness of appearance.
  2. In Anne Gregory, the woman says that she would dye her hair into black, brown or carrot according to her wish. This shows that men give more importance to physical appearance than inner beauty. 
  3. The young lady has a point to prove. She wants to prove that she can change her external appearance or the colour of her hair easily. She can dye her hair brown, black or of carrot’s colour. But she doesn’t want to be loved for her beautiful long yellow hair. She should be loved for `herself alone’ or for what she actually is.
  4. The poet tries to show that inner beauty is the real beauty. The physical appearance is changeable and hence, unimportant. The poet conveys this through a conversation between Anne and another speaker. The speaker tells Anne that young men love her for her beautiful yellow hair and may never love her for what she really is. And only God can love her for herself alone. To this Anne says that her hair colour can be changed into black, brown or carrot, she implies that external beauty is all superficial and men should not love her for that. Through Anne’s reply, the poet makes clear his preference for internal beauty to physical appearance.
    1. William Butler Yeats.
    2. Anne Gregory.
    3. She would give her hair brown or black or carrot colour.
    4. She argues about the point that a young lover will love her for herself alone and not her physical appearance.
    1. Yellow.
    2. She wants to change the colour of hair to make her lover love her for herself alone and not her physical appearance.
    3. men with hopelessness surrounding them.
    4. Brown, black, carrot and yellow.