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In [[literature]], the '''volta''' is the shift or point of dramatic change in a [[poem]]. |
In [[literature]], the '''volta''' is the shift or point of dramatic change in a [[poem]]. The term is most frequently used in discussion of [[sonnet]] form, in which the volta marks a shift in thought (often from question to answer or problem to solution). It 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. |
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In literature, the volta is the shift or point of dramatic change in a poem. The term is most frequently used in discussion of sonnet form, in which the volta marks a shift in thought (often from question to answer or problem to solution). It 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.
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