Mohamed Zayani is Associate Professor of Literature and Critical Theory at the American University of Sharjah. He is the author of Reading the Symptom and numerous scholarly articles.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 Poetry and PoeticsChapter 4 Literary DevicesChapter 5 Figurative LanguageChapter 6 Patterns of SoundChapter 7 Exploring PoetryChapter 8 Reading and ComprehensionChapter 9 Analysis and InterpretationChapter 10 Writing and RespondingChapter 11 Comparison and ContrastChapter 12 Poems for Further ReadingChapter 13 Glossary of Literary Terms

Mohamed Zayani is Associate Professor of Literature and Critical Theory at the American University of Sharjah. He is the author of Reading the Symptom and numerous scholarly articles.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 Poetry and PoeticsChapter 4 Literary DevicesChapter 5 Figurative LanguageChapter 6 Patterns of SoundChapter 7 Exploring PoetryChapter 8 Reading and ComprehensionChapter 9 Analysis and InterpretationChapter 10 Writing and RespondingChapter 11 Comparison and ContrastChapter 12 Poems for Further ReadingChapter 13 Glossary of Literary Terms

Mohamed Zayani is Associate Professor of Literature and Critical Theory at the American University of Sharjah. He is the author of Reading the Symptom and numerous scholarly articles.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 Poetry and PoeticsChapter 4 Literary DevicesChapter 5 Figurative LanguageChapter 6 Patterns of SoundChapter 7 Exploring PoetryChapter 8 Reading and ComprehensionChapter 9 Analysis and InterpretationChapter 10 Writing and RespondingChapter 11 Comparison and ContrastChapter 12 Poems for Further ReadingChapter 13 Glossary of Literary Terms