Question

Read the extract given below and briefly answer the questions that follow each:

The little old house was out with a little new shed,

In front at the edge of the road where the traffic sped,

A roadside stand that too pathetically pled.. 

1.  Why had a new shed been put up?

2.  Which traffic is referred to here?

3.  Why is the stand’s existence said to be ‘pathetic?

4.  '..That too pathetically pled' .Name the figure of speech used. 

Answer 1

1.  to make a living out of the city money.

2.  the cars and other vehicles speeding towards city 

3.  Because their expectations are never fulfilled as the rich men are not considerate about them/ Because their very purpose is destroyed as city money does not flow into their hands

4.  Personification