Alcohol and Drunkenness
We'd think we were talking about Ernest Hemingway or Edgar Allan Poe with all the discussion about alcohol and being drunk in this poem. Miss Dickinson, however, is less interested in the kind of d...
Anthropomorphism and Personification
Anthropomorphism is when we talk about animals as having human qualities and personification is when inanimate objects are said to have human qualities. In this case, we get lots of scenery and ins...
Name Branding
Dickinson does a fair amount of name dropping for such a short poem. Interestingly, all the names dropped are specific kinds of alcohol. You'd think that, if nature was the only thing the narrator...
Religious Imagery
The religious imagery in the poem provides an odd juxtaposition with all the drunkenness going on. Still, it fits in perfectly when the poem is taken figuratively. Angels and saints would have no i...