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The Sermon at Benares — English (Language & Literature) STD 10 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10English (Language & Literature)The Sermon at Benares3 Marks
Question
W. B. Yeats asks the question: How can we separate dancer from dance? Is it possible to separatethe person himself or herself from how she or he looks? Answer with reference to the poem, 'For Anne Gregory'.
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Answer

The speaker mentioned the text found by an old religious man that proves that only God can love Anne for herself alone. It is so because the speaker wanted to tell Anne that her desire that men should not see her outer beauty is not going to be fulfilled. The speaker tells Anne that only God can be so great as to avoid external beauty and look beyond it. Man, on the other hand, falls for all things that appear pretty from outside and never bothers about what lies inside.

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