The answer is b).
We all know that she is a woman, she doesn't actually need an answer back from the audience, she is just stating a point.
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ii)laboured' conveys that both the poet and her mother were struggling, trying to cope with their loss. Yet, both realised that the loss was final and they had to accept it, therefore 'ease'. 'laboured ease of loss' is an oxymoron, a poetic device where two opposites are used together.
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