Versification Course
Gain mastery in French versification using practical tools for rhyme, meter, and rhythm analysis. Explore classical and modern poems, create refined lines, and develop professional dossiers to enhance your humanities research, teaching, and literary criticism skills.

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, applying them to both classical and modern poetry. Benefit from clear step-by-step workflows, fully annotated examples, and hands-on exercises to produce professor-approved 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 rhythms using pauses, enjambment, and key prosodic features effectively.
- 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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