CBSE Class 12 · English · Flamingo / Vistas
A Roadside Stand
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 12 English.
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About the author
Robert Frost. Poor farmers open roadside stand for city traffic - travellers speed past; poet mourns their exploitation and wishes vainly to relieve their ache.
Summary
Farmers extend shed for traffic to stop and buy.
Farmers extend shed for traffic to stop and buy.
Travellers complain of landscape spoiled.
Travellers complain of landscape spoiled.
Hope for cash; sell wild berries, golden squash.
Hope for cash; sell wild berries, golden squash.
Party signs promise relief never delivered.
Party signs promise relief never delivered.
Would paint notice I WAS HERE to shame passersby.
Would paint notice I WAS HERE to shame passersby.
Farmers' ache not understood by world.
Farmers' ache not understood by world.
Hard words & meanings
| peddling | selling |
| outrage | great wrong |
| beneficent | kindly helpful |
| requisite | required |
| dole of bread | charity portion |
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