Ofcourse，Browningisnotpersistentlyneglectfulofthisfundamentalnecessityfortheliteraryartist。Heisoftenasmasterlyinthisasinotherrespects。Butheisnotalways，notoftenenough，alivetotheparamountneed。Hewriteswith“theversebeingasthemooditpaints：“but，unfortunately，themoodisoftenpoeticallyunformative。Hehadnopassionforthequestforseductiveforms。Toomuchofhispoetryhasbeenbornprematurely。Toomuchofit，indeed，hasnotdiedandbeenbornagainforallimmortalverseisapoeticresurrection。
Perfectpoetryisthedeathlesspartofmortalbeauty。
Thegreatartistsneverperpetuategrossactualities，thoughtheyarethesupremerealists。ItisSchiller，Ithink，whosaysineffect，thattoliveagainintheserenebeautyofart，itisneedfulthatthingsshouldfirstdieinreality。
ThusBrowning’sdramaticmethod，even，issometimesdisastrousinitsuntruth，asinCaliban’sanalyticalreasoninganinitialabsurdity，asMr。Berdoehaspointedout，addingepigrammatically，`Calibanisasavage，withtheintrospectivepowersofaHamlet，andthetheologyofanevangelicalChurchman。’NotonlyCaliban，butseveralotherofBrowning’spersonagesAprile，Eglamour，etc。
arewhatGoethecalls`schwankendeGestalten’，mere“waveringimages“。