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What is the function of a Volta in a sunnet?

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The volta, which literally translated from Italian means "turn," is a device used to change the tone or thought in a sonnet, and it is used differently depending on whether the sonnet is Italian, where the volta will be after the first octave, or Shakespearean, where it used before the final couplet, in style.
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