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English, 12.10.2019 11:50 kayeeii

Read the passage.

excerpt from act i, scene 1, in a midsummer night's dream by william shakespeare

theseus
now, fair hippolyta, our nuptial hour
draws on apace. four happy days bring in
another moon. but, o, methinks how slow
this old moon wanes! she lingers my desires
like to a stepdame or a dowager
long withering out a young man’s revenue.

what does theseus mean by "she lingers my desires / like to a stepdame or a dowager / long withering out a young man’s revenue"?

a:
when we get married, i will feel like the richest man in the world because i have you.
b: in a few days, you will not be a stepdame or dowager any more.
c: we can’t get married until my stepmother arrives.
d: i’m as impatient as a young man who has to wait for his inheritance.

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