<span>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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Methinks already from this chemic flame, I see a city of more precious mould: Rich as the town which gives the Indies name, With silver paved, and all divine with gold.
