I taste a liquor never brewed
Emily Dickinson
The speaker uses imagery to describe her drunk state. However, she is not physically drunk. The reader is aware that this is not literal, because the "liquor (was) never brewed"(797). Instead, the speaker is drunk on nature or her surroundings. Terms such as liquor, Tankards, Vats, and Alcohol are used to place emphasis on the drunk state of mind of the speaker. Images of the air, dew, and the Molten Blue emphasize that the speaker is drunk on nature. An extended metaphor is used in the poem to display this as well. At the end, the poem mentions Seraphs and Saints watching the speaker walk in this state. They approve of this nature, or at least they do not judge her for it. For this reason, I thought that they did not judge her because the Saints and Seraphs are likely drunk on the nature in heaven. Either this, or the speaker will continue this state until she dies.
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