For Anne Gregory Summary

For Anne Gregory Summary Class 10 English

For Anne Gregory’ is one of the best love poems by William Butler Yeats. In this poem, the poet gives the description of a lover’s love for a lady. The lover liked the yellow color of the lady’s hair. But he does not like her ramparts. The lady does not approve of his love. She wishes such a lover who loves her internally but not physically. She says that her yellow hair is temporary. She may dye them into brown or black or carrot color soon. Then the poet says that only God loves human beings on the bases of their soul but not the body. Only selfless love is true.

Yeats is of the view that most people love others just because they attract them physically. The complexion of the skin and the color of the hair are more important for us than the ‘real’ worth of a person. We rarely love people ‘for themselves alone’. Even the beautiful Anne Gregory is not liked or loved for her inner beauty or her rare qualities of head and heart, but for her beautiful yellow hair. Shallow minded people adore only physical beauty. We should look for spiritual beauty before falling in love with a lady. Physical beauty is just skin-deep. It is momentary. Unfortunately, most of the people are attracted by the color of the skin and hair. Only God can love a person for himself alone. Please refer For Anne Gregory Summary for more revision notes.