Which BEST helps the reader determine what the speaker is saying from what the speaker really means in this stanza?

Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed
The dear repose for limbs with travel tir’d;
But then begins a journey in my head
To work my mind, when my body’s works expired
A- irony
B-satire
C-sarcasm
D-understatement

Read the passage. when mother’s fever persisted for a week, father summoned our family doctor. dr. blakemore applied leeches to mother’s skin in hopes of reducing the amount of blood in her body. despite the doctor’s efforts, she languished in bed for three more days before her appetite returned and she requested a thin broth. our dear cook, mrs. davis, prepared the broth and delivered it to my mother directly, eager to ease her discomfort. what can readers infer about the time period of the passage?