Robert Frost , an American poet of great repute has written on several aspects of life and his lines "woods are lovely dark and deep ....." have made him emmensely popular . However , even on seemingly mundane issues his poems are not devoid of sentiments or feelings and in his 'A Roadside Stand ' , he seems very much sympathetic unto those who dwell in the rural areas . Here, it is important to note that he had himself been a farmer for sometime and he would have realized that in want of the flow of cash , the rural areas remain perpetually underdeveloped and the standard of living of the villagers remains low.
The poem shows how villagers have made a roadside stand and have put some berries etc. for sale but their trust is shattered as hardly anybody from city stops his car to buy these berries .
If a car stops there , it stops for other reasons .The window of the roadside stand seems to be praying openly for some sales but the traffic on the road seems shamelessly selfish .
Robert Frost seems anxious for the rural areas . Can a magic rod remove their pains overnight ?
Certainly not . Then, how heartless it is that the city dwellers , while passing by the roadside stand,do not stop their cars to buy something and give them some city money to improve their lot ? easternenglish17@gmail.com
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