Where does the volta occur in english and italian sonnets?
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.
Where does the volta occur in english sonnets?
the end of the twelfth line end of the twelfth line
Volta (literature)
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.
Where does the volta occur in italian sonnets?
end of the octave the end of the octave
Volta (literature)
Volta
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Volta (literature)
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The Petrarchan sonnet, also known as the Italian sonnet, is a sonnet named after the Italian poet Francesco Petrarca,[1] although it was not developed by Petrarca himself, but rather by a string of Renaissance poets.
Petrarchan sonnet
The sonnet is split in two stanzas: the "octave" or "octet" (of 8 lines) and the "sestet" (of 6 lines), for a total of 14 lines.
Petrarchan sonnet
In English sonnets, the volta occurs at the end of the twelfth line, while in Italian sonnets, also known as Petrarchan sonnets, it occurs at the end of the octave, which is the first of two stanzas and consists of eight lines.