I taste a liquor never brewed
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"I taste a liquor never brewed" is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that exuberantly celebrates the intoxicating beauty of nature through extended metaphor.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Emily Dickinson’s nature poems ⓘ |
| author | Emily Dickinson ⓘ |
| celebrates |
emotional intensity
ⓘ
the natural world ⓘ |
| comparesNatureTo |
alcoholic drink
ⓘ
liquor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Emily Dickinson ⓘ |
| expresses |
freedom from conventional restraint
ⓘ
joy ⓘ rapture ⓘ |
| firstLine | I taste a liquor never brewed ⓘ |
| form | short lyric ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasSpeaker | lyric I ⓘ |
| imagerySourceDomain |
alcohol
ⓘ
drunkenness ⓘ |
| imageryTargetDomain |
nature
ⓘ
spiritual joy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American poetry ⓘ |
| meter | common meter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| period | 19th century ⓘ |
| poeticTradition |
American Romanticism
ⓘ
Transcendentalist-influenced poetry ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | alternating rhyme ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
ecstatic experience
ⓘ
the beauty of nature ⓘ |
| theme |
imagination
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intoxication ⓘ nature ⓘ spiritual ecstasy ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
| tone |
celebratory
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exuberant ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
extended metaphor
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hyperbole ⓘ imagery ⓘ personification ⓘ |
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