I taste a liquor never brewed

Well, there's nothing like reading a poem about nature written by a woman who would not even leave her room in the later part of her life. Again, Dickinson creates an extended metaphor. This extended metaphor compares nature to being drunk. Maybe Ed Sheeran took a little tips from Emily Dickinson when writing the song "Drunk." Dickinson writes, "Not all the Vats upon the Rhine yield such alcohol!" This is line is, first and foremost, an indication that the speaker is not talking about getting drunk on alcohol. My understanding is that the Rhine is a river near Germany, and Germany is really big in the brewing industry, so this is not a type of alcohol that people drink. Typically, people enjoy drinking alcohol (I assume that is why people do it anyways). Alcohol is something people can become addicted to, and Dickinson makes a comparison to this trait of alcohol as well. Dickinson writes, "I shall but drink the more!" This line makes the speaker appear to be an alcoholic, except an alcoholic of nature. The speaker gets so much joy from nature and its beauty that she enjoys it more than being drunk. Then of course there is the last stanza that talks about the seraphs and saints that rush to view the drunkard. I interpret this to mean that people pretty much say "good for you for being drunk on nature and enjoying God's creation."