The last two lines of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare are indented to create a visual and structural effect known as a "volta" or a turn in the sonnet. This indentation emphasizes the shift in tone or subject matter that often occurs in the concluding couplet of a Shakespearean sonnet.
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A couplet is a pair of lines in a poem which rhyme. In an English sonnet, only (the last two lines) form a couplet.
The last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are called a couplet. They are the only adjacent lines which rhyme with each other, the others rhyming alternately. In a Petrarchan sonnet the last two lines form part of a six-line unit called a sestet
The last two lines of a sonnet typically use the rhyming form known as a rhymed couplet. This consists of two lines that rhyme with each other, providing a sense of closure and resolution to the poem.