"I taste a liquor never brewed" #8

The tone that is conveyed in this poem is exhilaration, elation, and lighthearted. From the very beginning of this poem, Emily Dickinson establishes these feelings toward earth and nature, but uses drunkness and intoxication to do so. Dickonson compares the "liquor" that she is experiencing to the value of a pearl,which is very precious. She describes the "liquor" as better than the wine of the Rhine, which is a very respectable wine. The "liquor" that Dickinson is referring to is a metaphor of the beauty of nature. The reader begins to realize this in the beginning of the second stanza. Dickinson states that she is "inebriate of air" and "debauchee of dew". Through these phrases that are combinations of nature and drunkness, the reader can infer that Dickinson has a great appreciation for nature. By finishing stanza three with the phrase "I shall but drink the more", Dickinson shows the reader that this tone or attitude toward nature will exist for a long time. The tone of this poem is achieved through Dickinson's figurative language and powerful imagery.