CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FOR ANNE GREGORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why was she trying to dye her hair and make herself less attractive?
A
To find someone that would truly love her for herself
B
To stop people from liking her
C
To join the army
D
Because her mother said so
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Love you for yourself alone. And not your yellow hair. The poet is talking to a beautiful girl named ‘Anne Gregory’. He tells her that a man will never fall in love with her because of her inner beauty, they’ll always love her because of her beautiful face and yellow hair.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: (a) She can dye her hair with brown, grey or carrot colour. Question 5.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to poet true lover will be the one who will love for the inner qualities and not for looks. Anne says that she will change her looks with hair colour into some other colour and hence she will try to become less attractive. This is because she might get true love for herself.

Detailed explanation-4: -The poet says that Anne Gregory is liked by every man only because of her beautiful yellow hair and not for who she is as a person. We all like to be loved for who we are as a person, our character, our likes, our beliefs, our principles etc.

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