English Language & Literature — CBSE Class 10 board question

In 'For Anne Gregory', W.B. Yeats introduces a religious man who claims to have found a religious text proving that only God can love a person for their inner self — their soul — rather than for their outer beauty. While humans are distracted by Anne's yellow hair (physical appearance), God's love transcends appearances. Divine love is unconditional and looks beyond the external. This reinforces that true, perfect love belongs only to God, not to any mortal who is inevitably drawn to outward beauty.

Source: 'For Anne Gregory', First Flight — Chapter 9 (Poetry)

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The examiner wants you to:

1. Identify the religious man's specific claim — he found it "written in a book" that only God loves people for themselves, not their beauty.
2. Link it to the poem's central theme: the contrast between human love (based on looks) and divine love (based on the soul).
3. Keep it to 3 marks — no need for extensive analysis, just clear explanation with the textual reference.