A Comparative Study of Narcissism in the Poetry of Hafez and Mutaneby

It is a fact that poets are distinguished from others due to their inner gift of art notwithstanding، poets have praised and exaggerated themselves in their verses. Since boastfulness or narcissism is important to psychologists، in an artistic comparative study the researcher has analyzed narcissism in both Hafez and Mutaneby. What distinguishes the two poets is where Hafez solely admires his artistic character through abstraction and it is approved by the reader due to its artistic delicateness; Mutaneby employs the personal pronoun to praise both his real and artistic character indicating his ego and pride. This boastfulness approved by the addressee categorized as an artistic narcissism is different from the psychological disorder.