About this episode

In this episode, Erika Kyba reads and discusses Emily Dickinson's poem 'I Taste a Liquour Never Brewed' and its themes of beauty and eschatological significance.

In today’s episode of The Poetry Fix, join Erika Kyba to read Emily Dickinson's "I Taste a Liquour Never Brewed." It's a poem about getting drunk on the beauty of the universe...which the poet believes has fundamental, eschatological importance.

People in this episode

Host: Erika Kyba

Topics covered

• poetry
• Emily Dickinson
• beauty of the universe
• esoteric themes
• literary analysis

Keywords

• Emily Dickinson
• poetry
• I Taste a Liquour Never Brewed
• beauty
• universe
• literary analysis
• esoteric

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Books & works: I Taste a Liquour Never Brewed

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