All The Short Question And Answer of "A Roadside Stand" | Flamingo

All The Short Question And Answer of a poem "A Roadside Stand" | Robert Frost| Flamingo|POEM| 

(1) Who is the Poet of the poem "A Roadside Stand"?

Answer : The poet of the poem "A Roadside Stand" is Robert Frost.

(2) What is the poem "A Roadside Stand" about?

Answer : The poem "A Roadside Stand" is about a small shop by the road side in the owned by the poor people.

(3) Where is the 'little new shed' build?

Answer : The 'little new shed' is built in front at the edge of the road where traffic pass by.

(4) What is the purpose the roadside stand?

Answer : The main purpose of the roadside stand is to sell things and earn a little amount of money for survival.

(5) Why does the poet use the word 'pathetic'?

Answer : The word 'pathetic' is used to show the miserable living condition of the roadside stand owners.

(6) Who are referred to as the 'flower of cities'?

Answer : The best things in the city are referred to as the 'flower of cities'.

(7) What will be of great relief according to poet?

Answer : It will be a great relief to the poet if these poor people are liberated of all pain at one stroke.

(8) What is meant by a 'dole of bread'?

Answer : A 'dole of bread' means a small amount of food.

(9) Who are the 'pitiful kin' mentioned in the poem?

Answer : The 'Pitiful kin' refers to the poor people's deserving sympathy and pity.

(10) How does the traffic pass?

Answer : The traffic pass by the roadside stand without stopping there with a lot of speed.

(11) What are being sold in that roadside stand?

Answer : Wild berries and golden squash are the two things that are sold on the roadside stand.

(12) Why is the traffic described as 'polished'?

Answer : The traffic is described as 'polished' as the phrase 'polished traffic' depicts the urban city-dewllers in their shinning cars who passed through the countryside with their minds preoccupied in their profession and the related.

(13) Who has betrayed the village

 people?

Answer : The people who are in the power betrayed the village people.

(14) In what way the powerful people betrayed the poor village people? 

Answer : The party in power make promises to to improve the lifestyle of village people but when they are in power they do not care for the needs of the poor and needy. They are deprived of their rights.

(15) Why do cars stop by, if they do stop sometimes?

Answer : Sometimes a car stops near the roadside stand only to use the yard to back and round the car and sometimes to ask the way to where it was bound.and sometimes they also stop to ask if they can sell a gallon of gas.

(16) What does 'the voice of the country' seem to complain about?  

Answer : 'The voice of the country' seems to complain about the injustice done to the poor and needy village folk and the lack of money in their lives which lead to their pathetic condition.

(17) Why has the 'requisite life of spirit never been found'?  

Answer : The life of the people in the countryside is quite miserable for want of money. Money which can increase the living standard is not found here. Hence the spirit of the rural people remain depressed due to lack of money in their lives.

(18) What is 'in the news'? 

Answer : It is 'in the news' that all the poor people who live in pitiable conditions are to be brought together out with their belongings and made to live together in the village next to the theatre and the store.

(19) How does the poet describes the good doers? 

Answer : The poet describes the good doers as people pretending to be doing good things.