Despite their assumption of a common source in Browning, Eliot and Pound differ considerably in the way in which they develop the dramatic monologue. Eliot seeks the consistent illusion of a persona separated from the poet. Dramatic monologue allows him an ironic objectification of Romantic introspection, a mask through which he can express and disguise his most immediate psychological concerns. In contrast, Pound seeks to utilize the dissonance between the author and his persona. His poems do not strive for dramatic illusion but a reflexive play between poet and mask. Despite Pound's more extravagant tribute to Browning, Eliot is closer to the Victorians in the way in which he develops the form of the dramatic monologue. Like the Victorians, Eliot uses mask to escape the expression of personality; Pound understands the tension between self-expression and self-concealment as a potential subject of poetry.