Summary of ‘A Roadside Stand’ by Robert Frost
The poem compares the lives of people living in cities and the countryside. A small-time farmer builds a vegetable stand at the edge of the highway outside his house, in the hope that passing cars would buy the produce. He only wants to earn a living, he is not begging for money. However, no cars ever stop and the ones that even glance in the direction of the stand only comment about how the construction spoils the view of the surroundings. The farmer says that the obstructed view is not as important as the sorrow he feels on being ignored. He only wishes for some money so that he may experience the plush life portrayed by the movies and other media, which the political parties are said to be refusing him.
