I attended the How to Read A Sonnet taught by professor Kolb. I really didn’t know what to expect going into it. Once there I was welcomed by Professor Kolb who was quite welcoming. We first introduced ourselves by stating our name and intended major. Then she handed out the sonnet that we would be working on which was Sonnet 20 by William Shakespeare. Before we began analyzing the Sonnet she gave us the basics of sonnets. First,  sonnets usually have one speaker who is speaking about love or romance. All sonnets have 14 lines which are roughly the same length. Each line has 10 syllables for a grand total of 140 syllables in any given Sonnet. Professor Kolb mentioned that there are a few exceptions to this and Sonnet 20 was one of these exceptions. Sonnet 20 was unique in that it had 11 syllables per line. Professor Kolb went on to tell us that the first 126 Sonnets are written to a young male. Sonnets 127 and onward are all written to a woman with dark hair which many refer to as the dark lady. After giving us the basics Professor Kolb had us read the poem aloud 5 times. She taught us how to read the Sonnet correctly taking into account what syllables were stressed and unstressed. The last thing we did before we actually analyzed the poem was go over three questions that would help us do so. What does it sound like? What does it mean? How does the sound affect the meaning? We first looked at the poem by going line by line. This helped us wrap our heads around the meaning of the Sonnet easily. As a whole Sonnet 20 was quite confusing but once we broke it down line by line it came with much ease. We found that the Sonnet spoke of someone who had both masculine and feminine features. Everyone couldn’t help but be attracted to this person. Overall this workshop was quite enjoyable. I feel as if I have a better understanding of what a sonnet is. I also feel that I’ll be able to correctly analyze a sonnet on my own. Before I was quite confused but through this engaging class I was able to successfully read and analyze a sonnet.