Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante Dante. Dante and the nature of penitence. Why couldn't I have done something else? Not Milton, God, not Milton. I can't handle that stuff for too long. But Dante, Dante, Dante. Dante and the nature of penitence. The threshold moment in Purgatorio Canto 9. The steps to the Gate of Purgatory and sorrow, contrition, and penitence. The Angel Guard and his sword of Justice and keys of Admission. Dante's early morning prophetic dream with Lucia as the eagle. It all points to confession and penitence. But I have to connect it together. And how is my question.