Where does the Volta occur in the English and Italian sonnets

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Gwendolyn Conway

7 May, 01:52

Where does the Volta occur in the English and Italian sonnets

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Valentina Stein · Answer 1

It occurs before the final couplet in English sonnets and before the sestet in Italian sonnets.

Dexter Pena · Answer 2

Italian word for "turn." In a sonnet, the volta is the turn of thought or argument: in Petrarchan or Italian sonnets it occurs between the octave and the sestet, and in Shakespearean or English before the final couplet.