the volta occurs at the end of the twelfth line in english sonnets.
the volta occurs at the end of the twelfth line in english sonnets.
where does the volta occur in english sonnets?
the end of the twelfth line
the sijo, a korean poem of 43 to 45 syllables, traditionally contains a turn in the third line which moves away from the theme developed in the first two lines.









































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a turn in a sonnet is called a volta. a vital part of virtually all sonnets, the volta is most frequently encountered at the end of the octave (first eight lines in petrarchan or spenserian sonnets), or the end of the twelfth line in shakespearean sonnets, but can occur anywhere in the sonnet.









































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volta (literature)
the sonnets are almost all constructed of three quatrains (four-line stanzas) followed by a final couplet. the sonnets are composed in iambic pentameter, the meter used in shakespeare's plays.









































the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg. sonnets using this scheme are known as shakespearean sonnets, or english sonnets, or elizabethan sonnets. often, at the beginning of the third quatrain occurs the "volta" ("turn"), where of the poem shifts, and the poet expresses a turn of thought.
shakespeare's sonnets