Emily Dickinson - I taste a liquor never brewed - Flashcards
1
Q
What is the poem about
A
How she feels intoxicated by life and summertime
2
Q
Tone of poem
A
Like a “what am I?” Riddle
Answer = hummingbird
3
Q
Quote
Hyperbole
Nothing compares to this feeling
A
Not all the Vats upon the Rhine Yeild such an Alcohol!
4
Q
Metaphor in poem
A
Necter = alcohol
Flower =pub
5
Q
Quote
Drunk on air
Happy on life
A
Inebriate of Air - am I
6
Q
Quote
Slow sound assonance - elongated e sound
Happy image
A
Reeling- thro endless summer days
7
Q
Quote
Pub is a flower
Assonance
A
Turn the drunken Bee Out of the Foxglove’s door
8
Q
Quote
She’s soaking up the summer afternoon while it’s there
A
I shall but drink the more
9
Q
Quote
The hummingbird will drink forever and be joyful forever
A
Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats
10
Q
Tone in poem
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Musical effect
Upbeat and fun pace
