Summary of the critical conversation (They Say)[cite two specific sources]: Robert Browning’s spine chilling poem “Porphyria’s lover” is the exploration of the mind of the lover who seems to be psychologically unstable and insane. Despite having single speaker and one silent listener, this poem reveals a lot about human nature and relationships. In the Christ’s journal article, “Poetry Criticism”, it has been written more in the form of a self confession where the readers get to know about the speaker’s excessive love for his mistress which ended in him killing her.