Question

What is the childhood longing that the poet describe in roadside stand?

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer:Answer: The poet refers to the farmers' longing for customers at their roadside stall as “childish longing”. This is because no one stopped and even if they did, it was for asking direction or to buy gas. Hence, this child-like wait is 'vain'.

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Answer 2

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The 'childish' longing that the poet refers to, is the longing of these rural people that one day at least someone of all the thousand selfish people who pass in their luxurious cars, will halt even if it is only to inquire about a farmer's miserable plight.