Read the passage. but thy eternal summer shall not fade nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st which does the imagery of summer never fading symbolize?
a. summer will aways be beautiful
b. his beloved will aways be beautiful
c. his beloved will live forever
d. summer lasts forever when you are in love

B. His beloved will always be beautiful

In this passage, summer symbolizes his beloved's beauty. The context clues that tell you this is that they "will not fade/Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st". During this time period the word fair often referred to a person's looks. He says that summer is eternal meaning that it will never end. A does not answer the question about symbolism. A symbol is a concrete thing that represents something else. Option A does not indicate what the summer symbolizes. This is the same problem with Option D. Option C is also not correct, because we all know that people do not live forever.

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.