Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 17 AIL 1637 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: Expecting Every Sonnet to Turn
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The idea
Unit nine showed Sonnet seventy-three accumulating rather than turning. The convention of a volta at line nine is a Petrarchan inheritance that English poets used freely. Check for a turn; do not assume one.
In practice
Check for a turn; do not assume.
Where people slip
Sonnet seventy-three is the case.
Your place on the trail
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