Answer: The author uses an example to point out how an alternative could satisfy both sides of the argument.
Personification because she is comparing herself to the world.
The correct answer is D: I’m as impatient as a young man who has to wait for his inheritance.
Explanation:
She lingers my desires, (She's keeping me waiting)
Like a stepdame or a dowager (The term "stepdame" also means stepmother, and a "dowager" is a widow who holds a title or property from her late husband.)
Long withering out a young man's revenue. (Revenue is synonymous for earnings, or in this case, a young man's inheritance that is being held by a stepmother.)