Versification Course
Gain mastery in French versification using practical tools for rhyme, meter, and rhythm analysis. Learn to dissect classical and modern poems, create polished poetic lines, and prepare professional dossiers to boost your skills in humanities research, teaching, and literary criticism.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This focused French Versification Course equips you with essential tools to confidently analyze and create French poetry. Master techniques like syllable counting, mute-e rules, various rhyme types, schemes, and richness levels. Apply these skills to both classical and modern poems through clear step-by-step workflows, detailed annotated examples, and hands-on exercises that help build professional dossiers and craft precise, intentional lines in traditional meters.
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Develop skills
- Analyze French rhymes by classifying masculine and feminine types along with rich and poor forms.
- Scan French verse accurately by counting syllables, marking caesurae, and spotting alexandrines.
- Describe poetic rhythm effectively using pauses, enjambment, and key prosodic features.
- Compose formal French poetry lines by selecting meters, schemes, and crafting precise rhymes.
- Build professor-ready dossiers through annotating excerpts and citing essential versification sources.
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