The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the fourth choice. The line of "I Stand Here Ironing" supports the inference that the mother is heavily burdened by the past is "<span>Or I will become engulfed with all I did or did not do, with what should have been and what cannot be helped." </span>I hope my answer has come to your help. God bless and have a nice day ahead!
The value of going to the bay had diminished. The explanation for this is that he had just finished an exceptionally stressful trial that he had imposed on himself.