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  Summary ‘For Anne Gregory’ The poem ‘For Anne Gregory’ comprises three stanzas. The summary is given here stanza-wise to make it more comprehensible and enjoyable. The poem is a conversation between a young man and a young lady ‘Anne Gregory’ known for her beautiful hair. Summary: In the first stanza, the speaker, a young man, says that her (Anne Gregori’s) beautiful honey-coloured hair can make any man fall in love with her. This love is not for Anne but for her beautiful features. Anne’s gorgeous hair has been compared to walls, symbolising outer beauty that prevents anyone from looking inside her soul. This beauty can capture any man’s attention so that they may never be able to look beyond that beauty and into Anne’s character. This is what makes the speaker believe that no man can love Anne, for what she is, without her beauty. One can love her only for her beautiful yellow hair and her beauty. In the second stanza, Anne replies to the speaker of the first ...