This is called the pathetic fallacy.

这种手法叫感情误置。

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So that's very sad, that part of his art was very very sad. But I still, I feel pathetic as I say in the last pages or so, but I never lost admire of his fortitude in going on and doing as much as he did.

这太令人伤感了,他的艺术也是很伤感的，我在书里最后几页表示了对他的同情，但是我,从来没有停止崇敬他,坚持不懈地做了这么多的精神。

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