Analysis of Trinckle, Drops

Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)



TRICKLE, drops! my blue veins leaving!
   O drops of me! trickle, slow drops,
   Candid, from me falling--drip, bleeding drops,
   From wounds made to free you whence you were prison'd,
   From my face--from my forehead and lips,
   From my breast--from within where I was conceal'd--press forth, red
         drops--confession drops;
   Stain every page--stain every song I sing, every word I say, bloody
         drops;
   Let them know your scarlet heat--let them glisten;
   Saturate them with yourself, all ashamed and wet;
   Glow upon all I have written, or shall write, bleeding drops;      10
   Let it all be seen in your light, blushing drops.  


Scheme ABBCDEBFBGHBB
Poetic Form
Metre 10111110 11111011 1011101101 11111111010 111111001 11110111101111 10101 11001110011110011110 1 11111011110 10110110101 10111110111101 11111011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 653
Words 101
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 463
Words per stanza (avg) 104
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Walt Whitman

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