I taste a liquor never brewed

"I taste a liquor never brewed" by Emily Dickinson

"And Saints-to windows run-/ To see the little Tippler"(Dickinson, lines 14-15).

The title of this poem can be misleading from the beginning. The title mentions liquor and the subject may seem to be of liquor. Instead, the poem relishes on the idea of being drunk on the nature given to us. By the speaker stating that the liquor is never brewed, the liquor is known to be just a figurative and metaphorical comparison to something else. As the speaker transitions into making earthy comparisons to being drunk, it becomes understood that the drunkenness experienced is on the nature and surroundings of the world. As the last stanza begins, it can be confused by the Seraphs and Saints. Being Godly beings, the Seraphs and Saints would be out of character to be running to the window to see a drunk person slumping on a lamp post. Also, because the poem is not literal, this cannot be taken literal either. The Seraphs and Saints are running to see the other people who are drunk on the nature and environment around them. It would be especially important as the nature around us was created by God for us. To praise and be drunk on it would be something a Godly person would run and rejoice to see.