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

his tongue, i believe, was bloody and hanging out of his mouth.

he looked as if he were hungry.

he has several wolf-like qualities; a gray coat, sharp claws and yellow fangs.

those eyes made me feel, dear reader, like the end was near.

as i reached for a stick, he moved to the other side of the hill.

panting and hungry, he looked at me, a defenseless human and he snarled.

well i said my prayers, however, he simply turned and limped off. 

lol sure. you actually used points for this?