INTRODUCTION
Robert Frost wrote about character, people and landscape. His poems are concerned with human tragedies and fears , his reaction to the complexities of life and his ultimate acceptance of his burdens. He is highly regarded for realistic depictions of rural life. ' stopping by the woods on a snowy evening ', birches, mending walls' are some of his famous poem .' A Roadside stand' is about poor deprived people . Robert Frost has described them with pitiless clarity and with the deepest sympathy and humanity...
SUMMARY ...
Far away from the city, the poor and rural folk have set up a roadside stand . They have some ordinary but good quality consumables on sale at the stand .they hope that the city folk driving past the stand would stop for a while and but things from them .they would thus have the flow of city money in their hands .this money might help them to improve their lot....
But the rich city folk who drive through the country side hardly pay any heed to the roadside stand or the people who run it . If at all they do ,it is to complain . They find the letters'N' and 'S' turned wrong ..
They keep their windows open in the hope to attract customers. They wait there all day long for their prospective customers but no one turns up. They feel sad and depressed. They hope to sell their things and earn money proves to be a childish longing in vain.