Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Emily Dickinson's lovely poetry

I am not a fan of Emily Dickinson. "I taste a liquor never brewed" is another one of Dickinson's poem that capitalizes random letters and has a bigger meaning that I don't understand at this point in time. I did pick up on certain things that may relate to the theme of the poem. Throughout all four stanzas, the speaker continually uses words that are associated with nature such as "air", "dew", "summer days", "bee", "butterflies", "snowy", and "sun". All of these words are somehow related to outside or nature in a way. The questions that follow the poem state that an extended metaphor is being used, so it is possible that Dickinson is referring to being "drunk" on nature or the outside. This theory would support the title of the poem, seeing as nature isn't a type of liquor that is brewed, but the speaker seems to enjoy a lot of aspects of nature. Also, in lines 13 and 14, the image of "saints" and "seraphs" is presented. Through the phrasing of the poem, it seems as if the saints and seraphs are accepting of this "drunk" person because they "run to the windows" and "swing their snowy Hats". Or this could mean something completely different. Who knows, it's another Dickinson poem.

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