A ROADSIDE STAND

- ROBERT FROST

About The Author

Robert Frost (1874-1963) is a highly acclaimed American poet of the twentieth century. Robert Frost wrote about characters, people and landscapes. His poems are concerned with human tragedies and fears, his reaction to the complexities of life and his ultimate acceptance of his burdens. Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, Birches, Mending walls are a few of his well-known poems. In the poem A Roadside Stand, Frost presents the lives of poor deprived people with pitiless clarity and with the deepest sympathy and humanity.

Summary

STANZA IIn this poem, the poet presents the lives of

poor, deprived people with pitiless clarity and deepest sympathy and humanity.The poet describes a roadside stand or a stall that has just come up with a small, new shed.

The owners of the stand are desperately in need of money in order to make a living. But sadly, none of the vehicles that pass the stand even glance at it.

They feel that it is below their dignity to purchase something from such a small shop. Even if they look at the shop, they grumble that the shop is spoiling the landscape with its ugly, artless paint and dirty signboard.

They do not care for the wild berries, squash or pictures that have been kept for sale at the stand. The stand owners only need some money because they hope to make their lives the way it is depicted in movies.

A ROADSIDE STAND

PRESENTED BY ANIRUDH M XII

Guided By : Mrs. Prashantha Kumari , PGT (Eng)