After reading Shakespeare's Sonnet 78, we can say that the line which begins the volta is the following:
13. But thou art my art, and dost advance
<h3>What is the volta?</h3>
The volta is a technique commonly used in sonnets. It is a turn, a shift in the thought being expressed. It can often be identified by the use of contrasting words such as "but" or "yet".
The volta often appears in the final two lines of the sonnet. And that is precisely the case in Sonnet 78, by Shakespeare. We can easily identify the beginning of the volta because of the word "but" in line 13.
Examples of similes in poems include comparisons using the words "like" or "as." This is a nice way to compare two things without a lot of explanation.
