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A Roadside Stand Robert Frost The little old house was out with a little new shed In front at the edge of the road where the traffic sped, A roadside stand that too pathetically pled, It would not be fair to say for a dole of bread, But for some of the money, the cash, whose flow supports The flower of cities from sinking and withering faint. The polished traffic passed with a mind ahead, Or if ever aside a moment, then out of sorts At having the landscape marred with the artless paint Of signs that with N turned wrong and S turned wrong Offered for sale wild berries in wooden quarts, Or crook-necked golden squash with silver warts, Or beauty rest in a beautiful mountain scene, You have the money, but if you want to be mean, Why keep your money (this crossly) and go along. The hurt to the scenery wouldn’t be my complaint So much as the trusting sorrow of what is unsaid: Here far from the city we make our roadside stand And ask for some city money to feel in hand To try if it will not make our being expand, And give us the life of the moving-pictures’ promise That the party in power is said to be keeping from us. Word "little" is used in repetition to stress on the fact that these roadside stand vendors are very poor 1. "A roadside stand that too pathetically pled" means that roadside stand is in a state of disrepair and desperation, as if it is imploring people passing by to stop and buy something 2. It seems that from the city traffic, they preferred cash over leftover food 3. Polished traffic have a aim in life and they proceed to move ahead ignoring the roadside stands and even if they stop , they just blame them to spoil the landscape 4. N" and "S" are letters that are frequently mistakenly written backwards by children, and others of a low level of literacy This adds to the overall imagery of neglect and decay that the poet is trying to convey. 5. 6. "This crossly" means in anger The phrase "trusting sorrow" implies that the sellers may feel disappointed or saddened by the traffic's lack of attention, but they still maintain some level of trust or faith in the possibility that someone will stop and buy from them 7. ➢ Alliteration ➢ Personification ➢ Transferred epithet ➢ Repetition ➢ Metaphor ➢ Oxymoron Enjambment(at many places) ➢ Assonance and consonance (at many places) ➢ ➢ Anaphora Key Points Roadside stand Page 1
It is in the news that all these pitiful kin Are to be bought out and mercifully gathered in To live in villages, next to the theatre and the store, Where they won’t have to think for themselves anymore, While greedy good-doers, beneficent beasts of prey, Swarm over their lives enforcing benefits That are calculated to soothe them out of their wits, And by teaching them how to sleep they sleep all day, Destroy their sleeping at night the ancient way. Sometimes I feel myself I can hardly bear The thought of so much childish longing in vain, The sadness that lurks near the open window there, That waits all day in almost open prayer For the squeal of brakes, the sound of a stopping car, Of all the thousand selfish cars that pass, Just one to inquire what a farmer’s prices are. And one did stop, but only to plow up grass In using the yard to back and turn around; And another to ask the way to where it was bound; And another to ask could they sell it a gallon of gas They couldn’t (this crossly); they had none, didn’t it see? No, in country money, the country scale of gain, The requisite lift of spirit has never been found, Or so the voice of the country seems to complain, I can’t help owning the great relief it would be To put these people at one stroke out of their pain. And then next day as I come back into the sane, I wonder how I should like you to come to me And offer to put me gently out of my pain. In the news it is shown that the government is working for these poor people but actually those greedy good-doers and doing it only for their own benefit and not the welfare of the people 1. Government soothes them out of their wits, teaches them to sleep and spoils them, fools them, and make them forget hard work, degrading their lifestyle and hence destroying sleep 2. Sense longing or waiting on the part of the sellers is shown, who hope that passing traffic will stop and buy from them, but often find themselves disappointed. 3. Frost argues that for welfare, there seems one way that is to do something to end there pain and suffering at one stroke 4. 5. At last poet asks us to help him get off this trauma Key Points Roadside stand Page 2
Theme "Please practice NCERT question answers. I haven't included them in key points as the notes have already become long." The main theme of the poem "A Roadside Stand" by Robert Frost is the harsh reality of poverty and the difficulties faced by those who are struggling to make a living. The poem highlights the plight of the sellers at the roadside stand, who are desperately hoping for passing traffic to stop and buy their goods, but often find themselves ignored or dismissed by those passing by. The poem also touches on themes of social inequality, exploitation, and the human longing for connection and understanding. Overall, the poem conveys a sense of the harshness and transience of life, and the ways in which human interaction can be both painful and rewarding. Roadside stand Page 3
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