A complex situation that often involves an apparent mental conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey one would result in transgressing another.
The correct answer is C.
These lines are an example of enjambment. We can tell this because the sentence does not end with the line of poetry but instead carries over to the next lines.
This is not example of a metaphor because the comparison uses the word "like." This selection, then, illustrates both enjambment and simile.
In this story, illness -specifically mental illness- is seen as temporary, and is not taken seriously. This is seen at the very beginning of the story, when the narrator indicates that her husband (a doctor) does not believe that she is truly ill. When a person is experiencing mental illness in this story, they are also believed to be cured by rest, exercise, and fresh air. Rather than today's methods of therapy and/or medication, the story describes merely taking a break from work and going away until one seems to be better.
