Shakespeare Sonnet 111?

Question

O! for my sake do you with Fortune chide,
The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds,
That did not better for my life provide
Than public means which public manners breeds.
Thence comes it that my name receives a brand,
And almost thence my nature is subdued
To what it works in, like the dyer's hand:
Pity me, then, and wish I were renewed;
Whilst, like a willing patient, I will drink
Potions of eisell 'gainst my strong infection;
No bitterness that I will bitter think,
Nor double penance, to correct correction.
Pity me then, dear friend, and I assure ye,
Even that your pity is enough to cure me.

What's the basic meaning of this Sonnet 111? In your own words please.. No copying off of websites or anything. I just want y'all honest opinion. Thanks.

Answer 1

Read the entire summary of the sonnet,

at the referenced link, and then put it in your own words:-



Summary

Sonnet 111 focuses particularly on the poet's laments about his misfortunes. He resents that circumstances have forced him to behave as he has because fortune provided so meanly for his birth and "did not better for my life provide / Than public means which public manners breeds." Other than an allusion to work, the poet's remarks are general and do not explicitly identify his profession. In any case, he differs from the young man in that he possesses no independent, private means of livelihood.

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http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/s/shakespeares-sonnets/summary-and-analysis/sonnet-111

Also

http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/sonnet/111

Answer 2

Sonnet 111

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RE:

Shakespeare Sonnet 111?

O! for my sake do you with Fortune chide,

The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds,

That did not better for my life provide

Than public means which public manners breeds.

Thence comes it that my name receives a brand,

And almost thence my nature is subdued

To what it works in, like the dyer's...