I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed- Emily Dickinson

This poem was very interesting. I think it is comparing the intoxication of alcohol to the intoxication of nature. The speaker discusses flowers, air, butterflies, bees and the sun which imply a theme of nature. The speaker uses a lot of figurative language and symbols. "Tankards scooped in Pearl" and "Debauchee of Dew" connect the pleasure and addiction of alcohol to the pleasure of nature. "Out of the Foxglove's door" symbolizes a drunk being kicked out of a bar, and a bee leaving a flower. The last stanza talks about "seraphs" and "saints" which implies that the speaker will not stop indulging in nature until the day she dies. I think the figurative language in this poem is effective because the speaker is more implying what she means instead of straight out saying it. She is using symbols like "tankards", "vats", and "mountain dew" to portray her thoughts about alcohol and nature.