Question

My mother only said

Thank God the Scorpion picked on me

and spared my children.

(i) What light do these lines throw on the character of the poet’s mother?

(ii) Explain the phrase ‘picked on me’.

Answer 1

here is ur answer friend.....

I) according to this line it shows that the poet's mom was a caring and loving mother, who loves her child more than her own life....

II) picked on me means
the scorpion Chosen her rather then her child
or taken her to bite or climbing rather than her child.....

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