I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed
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Emily Dickinson
I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed Poem
I taste a liquor never brewed
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Emily Dickinson
1830 –
1886
I taste a liquor never brewed –
From Tankards scooped in Pearl –
Not all the Frankfort Berries
Yield such an Alcohol!
Inebriate of air – am I –
And Debauchee of Dew –
Reeling – thro' endless summer days –
From inns of molten Blue...
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I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed Summary
Poem analysis:
I taste a liquor never brewed—
From Tankards scooped in Pearl—
Not all the vats upon the Rhine
Yield such an Alcohol!
Explanation: The speaker says she drinks a liquor that no one has ever brewed. It does not come from wine barrels or cups made of pearl. Even the finest wines of the Rhine Valley cannot compare. This “liquor” is not real alcohol. It means the beauty and joy of nature...
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I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed Key Info
Author: Emily Dickinson
Written: 1861
Published: First published in the Springfield Daily Republican (May 4, 1861)
Poem Type: Lyric poem
Themes: Joy in nature, intoxication with life, transcendence
Form: Four quatrains (four-line stanzas, 16 lines total)
Rhyme Scheme: Irregular/slant rhyme, loosely ABCB pattern
Meter: Common meter (iambic tetrameter/trimeter) with variations
Ton...
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I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed Theme
Themes
Joy in Nature: The poem celebrates the speaker’s joy in nature. She feels drunk on fresh air and morning dew. Bees and butterflies stop drinking nectar, but she continues. This endless thirst shows the richness of nature. The imagery makes nature more intoxicating than any real liquor.
Intoxication with Life: The speaker compares her delight to drunkenness. She calls herself a “debauchee o...
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