There is no such thing as a fact in a memoir: everything is opinion.
I believe that the answer is B. A savage place! As holy and enchanted / As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted / By woman wailing for her demon lover!” because it talks about a supernatural being, a demon, being someone's lover.
Decoding is the reading or translating symbols into a language that is understandable or easily interpreted. It is also known as "word identification". Therefore, decoding is putting thoughts, ideas, and feelings into words and messages. Decoding also means to decipher or to translate.
Short term retirement usually involves being retired for a period of 3 to 5 years. Other options have little to do with retirement at all.