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.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.