Question

How did alberta feel about her work? Why dif she feel so?

Answer 1

which work first of all

Answer 2

I worked for a woman,

She wasn’t mean –

But she had a twelve-room

House to clean.

Had to get breakfast,

Dinner, and supper, too –

Then take care of her children

When I got through.

Wash, iron, and scrub,

Walk the dog around –

It was too much,

Nearly broke me down.

I said, Madam,

Can it be

You’re trying to make a

Pack-horse out of me?

She opened her mouth.

She cried, Oh no!

You know, Alberta,

I love you so!

I said, Madam,

That may be true –

But I’ll be dogged

If I love you!

1a How did Alberta feel about her work? Why did she feel so? 2

1b How did the ‘madam’ feel about Alberta? 2

1c How did Alberta feel about her ‘madam’? Pick out the lines. 2

1e Pick out the words in the poem which rhyme? What effect does the rhyme have?