'I taste a liquor never brewed'

'I taste a liquor never brewed'

Dickinson uses the metaphor of intoxication to capture the wonder of summer.

'Inebriate of air - am I - And Debauchee of Dew -'

- Dickinson suggests that has overindulged ('debauchee') in summer and she is "drunk" on the joy of summer

- Alliteration emphasises her job

'When Butterflies - renounce their "drams" - I shall but drink the more!'

- personification

- When all the others/ insects have finished, she will still be "drinking in" the summer

'Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats - And Saints - to windows run - To see the little Tippler/ Leaning against the - Sun!'

- Her behaviour will be so dramatic that it will cause 'uproar' in heaven.

- Sibilance and rhyme add to this joyful ending.

- There is no heavy moral in this poem - she is simply celebrating reckless indulgence.