What does the author express in this excerpt?
the speaker and neighbor are working hard to fix the
fence.
the speaker and neighbor are not strong enough to fix
the fence
the speaker and neighbor are having fun fixing the
fence
the speaker and neighbor are angry about having to fix
the fence

that's conceptually impossible.

if i wrote it, it wouldn't be a 'shakespeare' sonnet.

hey !

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.