Versification Course
Gain mastery in French versification through practical tools for rhyme, meter, and rhythm analysis. Learners will dissect classical and modern poems, create polished lines in traditional forms, and compile professional dossiers to boost skills in humanities research, teaching, and literary criticism. This course equips you with confidence for academic pursuits in poetry.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
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 verse. Master syllable counting, mute-e rules, various rhyme types, schemes, and richness levels, then use them on classic and modern poems. Benefit from clear step-by-step guides, annotated examples, and hands-on exercises to prepare professor-approved dossiers and write precise, intentional lines in classic meters.
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Develop skills
- Analyze French rhymes by classifying masculine and feminine types plus rich and poor forms.
- Scan French verse by counting syllables, marking caesurae, and spotting alexandrines.
- Describe poetic rhythm using pauses, enjambment, and key prosodic features.
- Compose formal French lines by selecting meters, schemes, and precise rhymes.
- Build professor-ready dossiers by annotating excerpts and citing versification sources.
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