Roadside Stand Stanza 1-The last line in the last stanza expresses his anger and he wants to relieve

them of their problems at once but then he adds that let him be understood by the people that gradually the villagers should be taken care of and there should be monetary gains too. There has to be a balance in the development of the standard of living in the cities as well as the villagers. This is a poem by Robert Frost and about the economic divide/ difference between the rural areas and the urban belts. The cars passing did not pay any heed to the Roadside stands and continued towards their destination without bothering about the small sheds selling crude vegetables----all very ordinary. The rural people are worried that they will be all brought together and a theatre and store will be very close to their dwellings ----these are the promises that are being made to them and the rural people are worried that the greedy promise makers will only exploit them and never do any good to them as they are wicked and greedy =-----greedy good doers literary device is oxymoron-use of two contrasting traits ,beneficent beasts of prey. selfish cars -Personification----Cars have been given traits of a living being feeling that the poet feels insufferable pain Some qs and ans. Which lines in the poem brings out the .feeling that the poet feels insufferable pain? 2 m The poet is touched by the insufferable pain suffered by the rural people because neglect. The lines are ,I cant help owning the great relief-----------at one stroke out of their pain Meaning of Childish longing ------the rural peoples innocent desires for stopping and buying their products -----its in vain as no one stops there. A Thing of Beauty-----Please read the legend of Endymion given in your textbook just above the poem 1st part talks of the fact that any beautiful thing of nature is capable of never ending joy its loveliness only increases as the images that get stored in our minds help uas to overcome our sorrows that we get from human weaknesses ,like cheating, disappointments as a result of meanness parting and death. All gloom could only be removed when we think of these beautiful images of nature. These beautiful things are capable of restoring our health and keeps a bower quiet for us ---gives us relaxation and refreshes our minds. That is why we are weaving a beautiful garland each link is a beautiful sight of nature-----lines----Therefore on every morrow are we wreathing a flowery band to bind us to the earth. 2nd part List of the things that are counted as beautiful Such the sun, the moon------it tells us all about the beautiful things in nature and how nature is complete in itself there is the stream to bring about coolness, fragrance ,and plenty of beauty 3rd part

Such too is the grandeur------He talks of the great deeds of the heroes of our past whose stories have come down to us from our forefathers or through books and they are inspiring tales about them And is comparable to the beauty of nature and there is bounty in nature fountain that flows to us from the edge of heaven .Natures bounty is in the flowing fountain.