Replying to myself, can't edit (again). I eventually decided that in my previous comment we could replace "truly" with "sincerely" and it is, in my opinion, _m

Replying to myself, can't edit (again). I eventually decided that in my previous comment we could replace "truly" with "sincerely" and it is, in my opinion, _miles_ better. I eventually also thought of a third one: The poet is a man who feigns. He feigns so thoroughly that he even feigns as pains the pains he feels sincerely. (If one has a problem with "man"/"he", this also works:) The poet is one who feigns. They feign so thoroughly that they even feign as pains the pains they feel sincerely.