What does Romeo mean when he says, “Ay me! sad hours seem long”? A. The solution to sadness is to spend many hours with friends. B. I wish that I would die. C. Time moves slowly when you are experiencing difficulty. D. I have been sad for a long, long tim

Read the selection from Act I, Scene I of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Then, answer the questions that follow. BENVOLIO Good morrow, c ousin. ROMEO Is the day so young? BENVOLIO But new struck nine. ROMEO Ay me! sad hours seem long. 5 Was that my father that went hence so fast? BENVOLIO It was. What sadness lengthens Romeo’s hours? ROMEO Not having that, which having, makes them short. 10 BENVOLIO In love? ROMEO Out— BENVOLIO Of love? ROMEO Out of her favour, where I am in love. BENVOLIO Alas! that love, so gentle in his view, Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof.