Updated on 14/06/2026
*Poem-10. For Anne Gregory (William Butler Yeats)*
*1. Who is the poet of the poem‘For Anne Gregory’?*
Ans. William Butler Yeats (W.B.Yeats)
*2. What is the natural colour of the woman’s hair in the poem?*
Ans. Yellow (Golden-blonde)
*3. What does the young man love the lady for?*
Ans. Her beautiful yellow hair.
*4. How are the ramparts at Anne Gregory’s ear?*
Ans. Honey coloured
*5. What throws a man into despair?*
Ans. The lady’s ramparts and her hair
*6. What does the lady want her lover to love her for?*
Ans. For herself alone (her inner qualities and character).
*7. Which three colors does Anne say she could easily change her hair to?
Ans. Black, brown and carrot
*8. What will the lady do to her hair?*
Ans. To dye her hair
*9. For what quality does God love human beings?*
Ans. For their internal quality
10. Whom did the poet hear quoting a religious text the previous night?
Ans. An old religious man.
Textual Questions
*1. What colour is the young woman's hair? What does she say she can change it to? Why would she want to do so?*
Ans. The colour of the young woman's hair is 'golden-yellow'. She says that she can colour it brown, black and carrot. She wants to do so that she might look attractive.
*2. What feature of the young woman has put the young man into despair?*
Ans. The young man is thrown into despair by Anne’s beautiful, honey-colored hair hanging around her ears. This outer physical beauty is so intense and captivating that young men fall instantly in love with her looks, making it impossible for them to look deeper into her soul.
*3. What did the old religious man declare?*
Ans. The old religious man declared that he had discovered an ancient religious text. This text mathematically proved that it is only Almighty God who loves you for yourself, not for your outer looks.
*4. 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?*
Ans. Wealth and position never last long. One is sure to lose them one day. And when they lose them, the state of despair begins. The outer beauty has thrown the young men into despair.
*5. What is the central idea of the poem 'For Anne Gregory'?*
Ans. The young man says to a young lady that a true lover loves for her inner qualities not for her physical looks. The young man says that only God loves us for our inner beauty and for our looks. The poem teaches that true worth lies within an individual's spiritual qualities.