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。
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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。
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Instead, her life could be seen as an ideal model for Florentine penitential women.