Whether it was worth the creation by himself of the difficulty is another question.

He chose to do it, and we had better submit to him and get the good of his work.

At least we may avoid some of the weariness he himself feared by reading it in the way I have mentioned, as Browning meant it to be read.

Poems--being the highest product of the highest genius of which man is capable--ought to be approached with some reverence.

And a part of that reverence is to read them in accordance with the intention and desire of the writer.
We ought not to forget the date of the tale when we read the book.