Mrs. Auld, she very kindly commenced to teach me the A, B, C. After I had learned this, she assisted me in learning to spell words of three to four letters.
Explanation:
mrs. Aulds teaching abc’s was nurturing or “Kind” this implies she was kind and he was responsive to her demeanor as we can infer when someone is kind to us, we too, become fond of that person. The second sentence describes mrs auld as being helpful in assisting f. Douglas. . . Again when people are kind and helpful towards another, it is usually well received and reciprocated.
The poet has used the word 'masquerade' in the poem which means 'to pretend to be someone else. ' The speaker in the poem is trying to say that though they hide their true identity because of their color but they don't like to pretend to be someone else
