Page 1 - LN2-SUMMARY
P. 1

FOR ANNE GREGORY


                                                      SUMMARY


                    The poem is basically a conversation between the poet, Yeats and a young girl
                    named  Anne  Gregory. The  poet  tells her that, if  she finds  a young boy  who
                    becomes  sad  because  of  her  rejection,  it  doesn’t  mean  that  he  was  a  true

                    lover. He could have been in love with her because of her beautiful yellow hair.
                    This means that the boy might be in love with her because of her attractive
                    looks. He says that a true lover will be the one who will love her for her inner

                    qualities and not her looks. To this, Anne says that she will change her looks by
                    dying  her  hair  into  some  other  colour.  She  will  become  less  attractive  and
                    then, maybe, she will find a true love for herself. So, at last, he explains to her

                    that the previous night, he had heard some religious man saying that only God
                    loves us for what we are. This means that God never loves us for our looks but
                    for our inner beauty.
   1