A Roadside Stand

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 Q. Why do the people who are running the roadside stand ask for some 'city money ' ?
= The people who are running the roadside stand were very poor. They needed some money so that they bring some changes and betterment in their lives. That is why they ask for some city money.

Q. 'Of all the thousand selfish cars' some stop there but not for buying something. Why do they stop there at all ?
= 'Of all the thousand selfish cars' some stop there but not for buying something in the roadside stands. They stop there to use the yard to back and turn their cars. Some of them stop there to ask what the farmer's prices are. Some stop there to ask the way where it is bound, and some of them stop there to ask whether they would get a gallon of gas there.

Q. What is in the news as mentioned in  " A Roadside Stand " ?
= In the news the greedy good doers who were worse than the beasts of prey promised the poor people that they would take care of them. They will be settled down in the villages next to the theater and the store, where they won't have to think for themselves any more.

Q. What is the 'childish longing' that the poet refers to in the poem " A  Roadside Stand " ?
= The poet Robert Frost thinks that the people who are running the roadside stand suffer for a childish longing. The ' childish longing ' is that they always wait very eagerly for their prospective customers. They keep their windows open to attract the customers. but no one come to them to buy their country products.

Q. Which things irritated the passerby who stopped at the roadside stand ?
= The artless paint of the shops which marred the landscape, and the signs 'N' turned wrong and 'S' turned wrong irritated the passerby who stopped at the roadside stand.

Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow .

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. "

Questions
1. Where was the shed put up ?
= The shed was put up at the roadside infront of an old house.

2. What was its purpose ?
= It's purpose was to make some city money by selling some country products.

3. Who are referred to as ' the flowers of cities' ?
= The rich people of the city who possess expensive cars and beautiful houses are referred to as " the flowers of cities " .

4. Why does the poet use the word ' pathetic' ?
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