How To Read a Sonnet was a very interesting experience. I learned that although sonnet’s are small in size, they are very complex. It took us almost two hours to break down what Shakespeare really meant in Sonnet 20. We went back and forth on whether he was talking about a woman or a man. We found out that it was a combination of both a man and a women whom Shakespeare was really attracted to. I learned about the basics of a sonnet. A sonnet literally means “little sound”. It contains a hidden story which the reader tries to find the meaning of. Sonnets are roughly all the same size. They have fourteen lines with ten syllables in each line. They are usually about love and romance and come in groups which we call a sonnet sequence. Another important aspect sonnets is that they are addressed to one person. Sonnets are like detective work where the reader tries to find out the meaning through sounds and the vocabulary used. What I appreciated the most about this workshop is how passionate the instructor was about the poem and finding out what it was about. It kept me engaged and focused on the hidden meanings in Shakespeare’s language.