The Brontë sisters (Emily, Charlotte, and Anne) published u003cemu003e‘The Penitent’u003c/emu003e in the 1846 edition of u003cemu003ePoems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bellu003c/emu003e. They published the poem, alongside 60 others, under the pseudonyms: Currer for Charlotte, Ellis for Emily, and Acton for Anne.