The motive for confession is penitential or therapeutic—by speaking openly about personal guilt and suffering, the poet hopes to make them easier to bear.
忏悔的动机是赎罪或治疗：诗人希望通过公开谈论个人的罪行和痛苦，让自己更容易接受它们。
For three days the Pope kept him waiting, barefoot and in penitential garb.
教皇让他穿着悔罪服，赤着脚在堡外等候了三天。
Apparently the man's zeal for agriculture had burned with a failing flame, expiring in penitential ashes.
显然，男子对农业的热情只是燃出了失败的火焰，熄灭在后悔的灰烬里。
Apparently the man's zeal for agriculture had burned with a failing flame, expiring in penitential ashes.
显然，男子对农业的热情只是燃出了失败的火焰，熄灭在后悔的灰烬里。
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