Class 10 English First Flight Chapter 10 Previous Year Questions - For Anne Gregory

Ans: In the poem, Anne Gregory's suggestion to dye her hair serves two main purposes:

• Firstly, it aims to gain genuine love by indicating that she can change her hair colour, encouraging young men to love her for her inner self rather than just her yellow hair.
• Secondly, it seeks to prove a point to the speaker, who doubts that anyone would love her for anything other than her external beauty.

Ans:  (c)  The dessert needs to set for two hours before being served.

Ans: (i)
The poet uses the term “ramparts” to describe the lady’s hair, implying that it acts as a protective barrier or attraction, similar to the walls of a fortress, surrounding her.

Ans: (iii)
The young man is captivated by her physical appearance, specifically her "honey-coloured" hair, rather than her true self or inner qualities.

Ans: The poem is called 'For Anne Gregory' and the poet is W.B. Yeats.

Ans: According to the poet, the lady wants the young man to love her for 'herself' and not just her outlook.

Ans: The poet in the poem 'For Anne Gregory’ conveys that we should give importance to the inner beauty and not the physical appearance, and this is evident from the conversation that takes place between Anne and the speaker in the poem. The speaker says to Anne that her beautiful looks and honey-coloured hair can make men fall in love with her any given day. However, they shall never look past her outer appearance and take notice of her inner beauty or get to know the real Anne. Hence, the speaker is sure that no man would love her when her looks fade away. They will love her only for her gorgeous yellow hair. Anne points out that physical appearance is changeable and thus, secondary. She says that her looks can change, and so can the colour of her hair, for instance she can change it to brown or carrot, but she will remain the same person on the inside. She feels therefore, men should not love her for her superficial looks, they should learn to love the person that she is underneath her surface.

Ans: The speaker is Anne Gregory, friend of the poet.

Ans: The young men are in despair because they are in love with the speaker, but she does not respond.

Ans: The antonym of the word 'despair' is 'hope'.

Ans: These lines are addressed to Anne Gregory.

Ans: The great honey-coloured ramparts at the lady's ear would throw a young man into despair.

Ans: The word 'ramparts' here refers to the lock of hair at the lady's ear.

Ans: These lines are addressed to the lady.

Ans: The old religious man declared that he had found a text to prove that only God could love the lady for herself alone and not her yellow hair.

Ans: 'A text' here refers to a religious book.

Ans: The speaker of these lines is a young man. He is speaking to the lady.

Ans: The young man means that the lady's blonde hair, which adds to her beauty, can be a source of despair for him.

Ans: The word 'despair' refers to a state of hopelessness.

Ans: 'I' refers to the old religious man.

Ans: God's love is different from the love of the young lovers because God loves the lady for herself alone, while the young lovers love her for her yellow hair.

Ans: The word 'text' in the extract means 'a religious book'.