During the event, I learned a lot about what a sonnet is, how to analyze it, and most importantly, how to read it. The sonnet that we read was written by Shakespeare in the early sixteen hundred. It was confusing and difficult at first, but as we analyze the sonnet piece by piece, it started to make sense. We started by reading the sonnet more than one time and listened to how each line sounded. As we kept reading it repeatedly, we discovered that there was a rhythmic flow. After that, we listened to a recording where a poet named John read the poem in an old English way. John sounded very passionate and the way he read it makes the sonnet a lot more meaningful. The sonnet we analyzed is about the relationship between the poet and a young man. Although, it may seem that the sonnet was talking about a woman in the beginning, the poet adds a twist towards the middle.

Before I attended this event, I had no clue of what a sonnet is. I learned that a sonnet is a poem that consists of fourteen lines with rhyme schemes and each line has ten to eleven syllables. The word “sonnet” literally means little sound. In addition, every sonnet has particularly the same size and length and they are usually grouped up. This is known as a sonnet sequence. Most sonnets are explicitly about love and romance. It also offers pleasures of sound and interpretation. It was interesting to analyze and decipher the sonnet to understand the real meaning behind it. I had a great time attending this event because I learned how to deeply analyze a sonnet.