Write a paragraph that explains the issue outlined in the octave, and how Rossetti "turns" the sonnet in line 9.

In "A Sonnet" by Rossetti, the octave involves a sonnet's everlasting life and its importance and Rossetti "turns" the sonnet in line 9 by describing the death to a sonnet. In the octave, he describes a sonnet as "a moment's monument"(l.1) and a "memorial from the Soul's eternity." (l.2) He shows sonnets to be important whether its for "lustral rite or dire portent." (l.4) He feels it does not matter what the sonnet is for or about, it is still important and powerful. Rossetti "turns" the sonnet in line 9 by showing the sonnets way to death. He uses a simile with a coin and a sonnet. "Its face reveals the soul, --its converse, to what Power 'tis due." The power of the sonnet is what it will give to Charon's palm as "it pay[s] the toll to Death" (l.14) as either a tribute or a gift. Rossetti uses the octave to show a sonnet's everlasting life and importance, and "turns" at the sestet to describe a sonnet's death.