Yesterday I attended How to read a sonnet workshop, and I must say it was pretty cool. I had low expectations for this workshop and I thought that I would want to leave as soon as I came but it was very intriguing ( mostly because our instructor was so enthusiastic and engaging that made the workshop better) and proved me wrong. I learned so many things besides how to read a sonnet which was very pleasing. For example, did you know words had gender? Yup, if a word has 2 or more syllables is feminine and if it only has 1 syllable it’s masculine.

To read a Sonnet you need to keep 3 questions in mind. 1.What does it sound like? 2.What does it mean? and 3. How does the sound affect the meaning? In order to answer these question our instructor suggested to split the sonnet. Sonnets are usually 14 lines and each line holds 10 syllables. You split the sonnet into 3 quatrains and 1 couplet. Quatrains consist of 4 lines and Couplets consists of 2 lines. As you go through the sonnet you should be able to hear the sound of it and you should be able to slowly get the meaning.