For Anne Gregory Class 10 Questions and Answers
Textbook Questions
Thinking sbout the Poem :
Question 1.
What does the young man mean by “great honey-coloured/Rampart at your ear ?” Why does he say that young men are “thrown into despair” by them?
नवयुवक का बढ़िया शहद के रंग वाले/कान के परकोटे से क्या अभिप्राय है? वह क्यों कहता है कि नवयुवक उनके द्वारा निराश हो जाते हैं ?
Answer:
The young man means that she has beautiful golden hair that surround the outer wall of her ear. The young man wants to say that her golden hair around her ear look so beautiful that no young man will ever be disappointed for they will be fascinated by her lovely appearance.
Question 2.
What colour is the young woman’s hair? What does she say she can change it to? Why would she want to do so?
जवान स्त्री के बालों का रंग क्या है ? वह क्या कहती इनको किस में बदल सकती है ? वह ऐसा क्यों करना चाहेगी?
Answer:
The colour of the young woman’s hair is golden. She says she can change it into brown, black or carrot. She would want to do so because she wants young men to love her for being herself and not because she has beautiful golden hair.
Question 3.
Objects have qualities which make them desirable to others. Can you think of some objects (a car, a phone, a dress…) and say what qualities make one object more desirable than another ? Imagine you were trying to sell an object : What qualities would be emphasise ?
पदार्थों में गुण होते हैं जिससे लोग उनकी इच्छा करने लगते हैं क्या आप कुछ पदार्थ सोच सकते हैं (एक कार, फोन, ड्रैस…) और बताइए कौन-से गुण एक पदार्थ को दूसरे से अधिक अच्छा बनाते हैं ? कल्पना करो आप एक पदार्थ बेचने का प्रयत्ल कर रहे हैं : आप कौन से गुणों पर अधिक जोर देंगे ?
Answer:
There is no doubt that the better qualities of an object make it move desirable and appealing than the others of its kind. Suppose you are going to buy a dress. The salesman shows you a number of dresses, you’ll definitely choose one which has good stuff, better than others, better design, colour and fitting and of course not expensive than others.
Suppose you have to sell a car. The qualities which you will emphasise would be its performance, the mileage it gives per litre of petrol/diesel, its machinery, comfortable seat, spacious, easy and comfortable to drive, its design and colour, powerful engine, etc.
Question 4.
What about people? Do we love others because we love their qualities, whether physical or mental ? Or is it possible to love someone “for themselves alone ?” Are some people ‘more lovable’ than others ? Discuss this question in pairs or in groups, considering points like the following:
i. a parent or caregiver’s love for a newborn baby, for a mentally or physically challenged child, for a clever child or a prodigy
ii. the public’s love for a film star, a sports person, a politician, or a social worker
iii. your love for a friend, or brother, or sister
iv. your love for a pet, and the pet’s love for you.
लोगों के विषय में क्या ख्याल है ? क्या हम दूसरों को इसलिए प्यार करते हैं क्योंकि हम उनके गणों को प्यार करते हैं चाहे शारीरिक हों व मानसिक ? अथवा किसी को केवल उसी के लिए ही प्यार करना सम्भव है ? क्या कुछ लोग औरों से जयादा प्यारे होते हैं ? जोड़ों अथवा समूहों में इस प्रश्न की चर्चा करो, निम्नलिखित बातों को ध्यान में रखते हुए:
i. माता-पिता अथवा ख्याल रखने वाले का नवजात शिश के लिए प्यार, एक मानसिक व शारीरिक रूप से विकलांग बच्चे के लिए प्यार एक चतुर विलक्षण गुण सम्पन्न के लिए प्यार।
ii. लोगों का एक फिल्म स्टार के लिए प्यार, एक खिलाड़ी व राजनीतिज्ञ व समाज सेवक के लिए प्यार
iii. एक मित्र, भाई व बहन के लिए आपका प्यार
iv. आपका एक पालतू जानवर के लिए और जानवर का आपके प्रति प्यार।
Answer:
I believe in Satyam, Shivam, Sundram. Love is God as various religions or paths go towards that Almighty similarly various roads lead to Love. It may start with appreciation of one’s physical, mental or social qualities. Appreciation gradually develops into love.
Love may also be instinctive or like the love of parents for their children and vice versa. You don’t know the qualities of a newborn baby still you love it, when we love a physically or mentally challenged child it is mingled with compassion-rather it starts from compassion and then grows into love. A clever child or prodigy gains love through appreciation. Appreciation and compassion mingle with love so well that you can’t segregate them.
The public’s love for filmstars, sports persons, politicians or social workers are due to their qualities and the work they do for their society or nation. Friends normally have the same wavelength and the qualities and tastes as you have or you appreciate. The love between friends grows naturally. The love among brothers and sisters is naturally, instinctively and sometimes when you appreciate them also, they become more lovable than others.
One has a parental feeling for a pet so the love between the master and pet is instinctive. Iirfact, you can’t separate love from other feelings like appreciation and compassion that lead to love and stay there along with it.
Question 5.
You have perhaps concluded that people are not objects to be valued for their qualities or riches rather than for themselves. But else where Yeats asks the question : How can we separate the dancer from the dance ? Is it possible to separate the person himself or herself, from how the person looks, sounds, walks, and so on? Think of how you or a friend or member of your family has changed over the years. Has your relationship also changed ? In what way ?
शायद आपने परिणाम निकाला होगा कि लोग पदार्थ नहीं हैं कि उनके गुणों व सम्पत्ति द्वारा उनकी कीमत आंकी जाए उनके स्वयं के बदले में। परन्तु दूसरी जगह ईट्स प्रश्न पूछता है-हम नृत्य को नर्तक से कैसे पृथक् कर सकते हैं? क्या यह सम्भव है कि मनुष्य को हम इससे पृथक् कर सकें कि वह कैसा दिखता है, कैसा लगता है, कैसे चलता है आदि? सोचो कैसे आप अथवा आपका मित्र व परिवार समय से कैसे बदला है। क्या आपका उनके साथ सम्बन्ध भी बदला है? किस रूप में ?
Answer:
I think there is better understanding among the people with the passage of time. They become more tolerant to the faults or follies and short-comings of each other. I, have seen my parents who used to quarrel sometimes, no longer do so. I, myself used to quarrel with my sisters and brother, but now these quarrels are rare. We know the likings and dislikings of each other, have better understanding and stronger bond of love among ourselves. The same is true with my friends.
Additional Questions
Short answer type Questions
Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words.
Question 1.
The young woman’s hair is yellow coloured. She is ready to change her hair colour to any other colour. Why would she want to do so ?
Answer:
The young woman is ready to do so because she wants someone to love her. Moreover, she wants that someone should love her for her inner beauty and not for the colour of her hair.
Question 2.
What was not liked by the young men ?
Answer:
The young men do not love real person but loves appearances. Everyone wants that one should be loved for his actual personality and not by what he looks like. Young man does not like grey or yellow hair and they do not care for inner beauty but loves the looks.
Question 3.
What does the old religious man have to say ?
Answer:
The old religious man says that he has found a text which proves that only God could love us for ourselves alone and not for the physical beauty. He is the one who truly loves us.
Question 4.
What is the central idea of the poem *For Anne Gregory’?
Answer:
The central theme of the poem is that young men often love appearances and not the real person. Everyone wants that he or she should be loved for what he or she is and not what he or she looks like. The poet feels that only God loves one for himself/ herself alone.
Long answer type Questions
Answer the following questions in about 100-150 words :
Question 1.
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.
Answer:
In his poem, ‘For Anne Gregory’, W.B. Yeats brings home the theme that beauty is skin deep; that inner beauty is the real beauty. At the beginning, a young man tells the young Anne that young men love her for her beautiful yellow hair, and may never love her for what she is. He says that honey coloured hair makes young men despair.
So Anne says desperately that she can get a hair dye – brown or black so that men may love her for herself. By so saying, Anne implies that her external beauty is all superficial and men should not love her for that. The poet underlies that physical appearance of a person is changeable, hence unimportant. But the young man still says that she will not be loved by anyone but God will.
Introduction :
The poem is written for Anne Gregory who might be having golden hair. ung men often love appearances and not the real person. Everyone wants that he or she should be loved for what he is and not what he looks like. The poet feels that only God can love a person, what he is and none else.
यह कविता ऐन ग्रेग्री के लिए लिखी गई है शायद जिसके सुनहरे बाल होंगे। युवक प्रायः किसी के बाहरी रूप से प्यार करते हैं न कि असली व्यक्ति को। हर कोई चाहता है कि कोई उसे उसके लिए प्यार करे न कि उसके रूप को। कवि महसूस करता है कि ऐसा केवल भगवान ही कर सकता है, दूसरा कोई नहीं।
Complete text with hindi translation and extract based short answer type questions :
Stanza – I
‘NEVER shall a young man,
Thrown into despair
By those great honey-coloured
Ramparts at your ear,
Love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair.’
Vocabulary :
- Despair (डिस्पेयर) – Hopelessness, great disappointment (निराश/हताश)
- Ramparts (रैम्पार्ट्स) – Aparapet/a wall at the side of a trench (परकोटा/खाई के किनारे की दीवार)
अनुवाद – कोई भी नवयुवक तुम्हारे कानों के किनारे सुनहरी बालों को देखकर निराश नहीं हो सकता। (अच्छा होगा) अगर वह तुम्हें तुम्हारे लिए प्यार करे न कि तुम्हारे सुनहरे/पीले बालों के कारण।
Question i.
Who is the ‘you’ in these lines? What would throw a young man into despair?
Answer:
The ‘you’ in these lines is Anne Gregory. Her honey coloured hair along her ears would throw any young man into despair.
Question ii.
How does the colour of Anne’s hair drive away young men?
Answer:
Anne Gregory had a yellow and honey coloured hair. Her especially honey coloured hair looke like the forts or ramparts along her ears. That would make any young man in despair not love her for her hair.
Stanza – II
“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.’
- Vocabulary : Carrot (कैरट) – Awinter vegetable (गाजर, गाजरी रंग)
अनुवाद – पर मैं बालों का रंग ला सकती हूँ और उन्हें भूरा, काला व गाजरी रंग सकती हूँ ताकि निराश नवयुवक मुझे केवल मेरे लिए ही प्यार करें न कि मेरे सुनहरे बालों के कारण।
Question i.
How desperate is Anne to be loved by young men?
Answer:
Anne is so desperate to be liked and loved by young men that she is ready to dye her hair brown or black or even in carrot colour.
Question ii.
Explain the theme of the poem as revealed in these lines.
Answer:
The poet has brought out the theme ‘beauty is skin deep’ in his poem ‘For Anne Gregory. Outward appearance does not make any one lovable to others. It is one’s nature that really matters. That’s why Anne says that young men in despair may love her for herself alone and not for her yellow coloured hair.
Stanza – III
‘I heard an old religious man
But yester night declare
That he had found a text to prove
That only God, my dear,
Could love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair.’
Vocabulary :
- Yesternight (यस्टरनाइट) – Yesterday night (बीती रात)
- Declare (डैक्लेयर) – Announced (घोषणा की)
- Text (टैक्स्ट) – original words of a author (मूलग्रंथ)
अनुवाद – मैंने एक बूढ़े धार्मिक आदमी को पिछली रात घोषणा करते सुना कि उसे एक मूल ग्रंथ मिला है जो यह सिद्ध करता है कि केवल ईश्वर ही तुम्हें केवल तुम्हारे लिए प्यार कर सकता है, न कि तुम्हारे सुनहरे बालों के लिए।
Question i.
Why does the young man say about the words of a religious man?
Answer:
The young man says about an old religious man because such people would have mastered the scriptures and have staunch faith in God.
Question ii.
What truth of life does the poet try to draw our attention to in these lines?
Answer:
From these lines, the poet makes us understand that the only person who remains unbiased in love towards humans is God: The Almighty never looks at the outward appearance of human beings to shower his love.