After studying a large number of Hatif Janabi’s poems, which were written over a period of nearly half a century, and published in eight poetry collections that included five separate books, it is possible to emphasize the diversity of the poet’s achievement, richness, as well as thought and artistic maturity. This study revealed important aspects of the contents of these poetic works and showed the extent of their cross-fertilization with other cultures, especially European ones, as well as their attachment to the Arab environment and its current concerns.

This study reached many conclusions, the most important of which is that Janabi’s works uniquely portray two cases of expatriation: selfalienation and exile. His texts reflect a rich experience, distinctive in terms of its identification with two civilizations: Arab–Eastern and European–Western, and succeed in forming a symbiotic vision that unites them on the basis of a sociocultural approach. Careful analysis shows that the contents of Janabi’s works express a great sensitivity towards the hardships of life in exile, which was reflected in the poetic hero’s vision of the world, and his existential anxiety fuelled by the premonitions of alienation and living in strange surroundings.

One of the salient features revealed by the analysis of Janabi’s poems is the plurality of pronouns in the poetic text, which created an polyphonic imaginary world. As a result, it was noticed that the narration developed in many of the poems by moving from one pronoun to another smoothly. The observation of the poetic hero showed the diversity of his images, for example, we found him speaking in different contexts in the form of the singular first-person pronoun, and we saw him as a single hero who expresses the poet’s voice, thoughts, and positions on important issues of existence. We also found him as a collective hero who speaks in the form of the plural first-person pronoun on behalf of the society to which the poet belongs, and who also speaks in the name of humanity with all its concerns and common principles. The study showed that the poet, through the extensive use of the singular first-person pronoun in his poems, wanted to emphasize the perfect match with his dramatic hero