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Reading poetry is one on the best ways to learn and practice the complex richness of a language. Through close readings and interpretation of prominent poems in French from the Early Modern to the Contemporary period, this course addresses the variations of Poetry through history and its function and importance in society. What do changes in poetic forms mean? How do tensions between verse and prose in modern Poetry work? What makes writing and reading Poetry interesting? Students will compose and present their own "French Poetry Anthology." Course taught in French, though students may also investigate the translatability of Poetry.