3. Which of the following best describes the theme of the poem?
(A) War is wasteful and destructive.
(B) Poetry and the memory of the person
about whom this poem is written will
outlast material things
(C) Poetry can never be a destructive
force.
(D) Memory lives on
(E) A poet can overcome death
O

a. is the correct answer

grunge

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.