I taste a liquor never brewed / Emily Dickenson

“Inebriate of Air—am I,” (Dickinson 797).  This poem praises nature.  It compares the glory of nature to the power of alcohol to influence and dazzle someone.  It describes the effects of alcohol but using parts of nature.  The speaker gets drunk on air.  The speaker drinks liquor that was never brewed.  The third stanza shows how dedicated the speaker is to “drinking” this liquor.  He will continue even after the natural nectar drinkers have finished.  He values nature greatly.  Another part that shows that the liquor is not actual liquor is that the saints approve of it.  The speaker states that no vat along the Rhine could have brewed such a real alcohol to match nature.