Which lines tell us about the insufferable pain that the poet feels at the thought of the plight of the rural poor?
Robert Frost, sees the poor rural people waiting for the polished city traffic to stop and help them with city money. But their waiting and this childish longing go in vain. Robert Frost gives the readers, the hint of his insufferable pain as -
“Sometimes I feel myself I can hardly bear
The thought of so much childish longing in vain.”
“I can’t help owning the great relief it would be
To put these people at one stroke out of their pain.”
The government and other social service agencies appear to help the poor rural people, but they actually do them no good. Pick out the words and phrases that the poet uses to show their double standards.
What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand?
Or
Why do the people who had put up the roadside stand want some city money to fell in hand?
The city folk who drove through the countryside hardly paid any heed to the roadside stand or the people who ran it. If at all they did, it was to complain. Which lines bring this out? What was their complaint about?
What is the childish longing that the poet refers to? Why is it vain?
