Class 12 English - Flamingo - Poetry - Chapter A Roadside Stand NCERT Solutions | What is the ‘childish longing&rsqu

Welcome to the NCERT Solutions for Class 12th English - Flamingo - Poetry - Chapter A Roadside Stand. This page offers a step-by-step solution to the specific question from Exercise 1, Question 4: what is the lsquo childish longing rsquo that th....
Question 4

What is the ‘childish longing’ that the poet refers to? Why is it ‘vain’?

Answer

The poet says that the poor farmer who set up their shops to the roadside suffer from childish longing. They always keep waiting for the customer, or to hear the sound car stopping by them to buy something or to even ask prices of their goods but all their waiting, patience and efforts go in vain.

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