The inspiration for Browning's poem thus springs from no sincere emotion, not even from genuine madness: it is a convenience and a folly, a sane man's approximation of what madness might look like.

因此布朗宁诗歌的灵感并非来源于真诚的情绪，甚至不是来源于一个天才疯子：他愚蠢而又无忧无虑，是一个正常人关于疯狂会是什么样子的近似值——！