

This quatrain uses legal terminology to get the point across: sessions and summons. Quatrain 1 introduces the situation: Sometimes, when I think about the past, I regret the things and people I've lost.It may help to examine an example, such as Shakespeare's "Sonnet 30": The turn, which occurs in the 13th line of the Shakespearean sonnet, offers a resolution or insight into to the problem developed in the first three quatrains. Each quatrain should build toward the final couplet, where you will have a turn, or a volta. Think of each quatrain as a little thought bubble, like a paragraph, in which you explore an element of the subject of your poem.

Although your poem should have a single focus, each stanza of the sonnet should develop the idea further.
