Question

What effect does the volta at the beginning of the sestet have on this sonnet?

Answer 1

it shifts the idea away from the negative concepts developed in the octave.

Answer 2

The effect the Volta at the beginning of the sestet has on the sonnet is that it shifts the idea away from the negative concepts developed in the octave.

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