Question

my mother only said
thank god the scorpion picked on me and spared my children
1 what light do these lines on th character of the poet's mother
2 explain the phrase picked on me

Answer 1

the line of this pome light on the kindness and careness of mother. she was suffering from scarpion poison and then also caring about their children

Answer 2

(a)these line tells us about the poet's mother that she loves her children very much and her thanking to the god even after the scorpion stung her shows the victory of good over evil.

(b)The phrase "picked on me " are the lines which mother said when she was thanking the god for the scorpion to spare her children and pick her.