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IIL. Answer the following questions in a paragraph not exceeding 100 words each, , , , 1.Comment on Frost's skilful use of figures of speech in the poem, , , , , , , , [A number of figures of speech have been used to emphasize on the poem's theme|, , , , , , [Transferred Epithet:, , , , It is a figure of speech in which the modifier is shifted from the animate to the inanimate, There are two examples of transferred epithet in “A Roadside Stand.”, fa. ‘Polished traffic’ referring to the city dwellers who pass by the countryside and sometimes they, , , , , , , , take out a moment to scrutinize the surroundings around them., lb. ‘Selfish cars’ is yet another use of a transferred epithet. This refers to the car owners who do, stop at the roadside stand but to ask about the police or the gas stations., , , , , , , , |Personification:, “The sadness that lurks behind the open window there...” here sadness is an example of|, personification. Sadness dwells in the windows of the farmers because they wait for cars to stop, , , , , , , , land make a purchase., , , , Alliteration and Oxymoron: Alliteration is the repetition of consonants in a sequence of}, words. ‘Greedy good doers’ and ‘beneficent beasts of prey’ are examples of alliteration as the, , , , , , consonant g and b are repeated. Oxymoron is the juxtaposing of terms which are contraries or|, , , , lopposing ideas. Here’ greedy and good’, ‘beneficent and beast’ are contrary ideas., , , , 12. What is the persona of the farmer that is revealed in the dramatic monologue?, , , , The villagers are hurt and angry- they feel the pain of rejection and the meanness of the|, lcity-dwellers. They are heartless in their indifference. While their complaint is only against the, scenery, the complaint that the rural people have is that their needs have been ignored. All they, desired was to share a bit in the abundance of city wealth, to experience some of the luxuries, that they had seen in films, in the Hollywood movies. Someone had suggested to them, that it was the political party in power that had been preventing them from getting rich., , 3. Do you think euthanasia would be a better title for this poem? Justify, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Euthanasia or mercy-killing, is sometime administered to people who are, terminally ill and for whom there is no hope .Frost says that he admits that he thinks death is the, only solution to put them out of their deep grief and pain. Some critics are of the view that Frost is, talking about euthanasia symbolically. In that, eventually ,as the city grows ,it will completely|, obliterate the rural areas and its people, or in other words ,the city will bring about the death of the, villages Cities will prevail, villages will disappear. Cities and city-dwellers will live, while villages, and village-dwellers will die.