We're not being merely churlish, I think, if we want to ask why someone would want to write a poem in such a form.

我们要问为什么会有人,想要写这种形式的诗并非毫无道理。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

If someone was telling you this story, is that the first question you would ask? So did she have a precursor? No, probably not. Okay.

如果有人告诉你们这个故事，这会是你们,问的第一个问题吗，可能不是，好的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选