Figure descriptions
Illustrated poem page composed of multiple scenes. The boundaries among illustrated
scenes are blurred. In the top left
corner, a flock of sheep stands in an open field. There are wild flowers in the foreground
and trees in the background. The sun
shines over hills in the distance. This illustrated scene borders a first section
of the poem text along the top and left edges.
There is a shaded, single-ruled border in-between this scene and the top-left corner
of the poem text. In the bottom right corner, a
butterfly flies above a bouquet of wild flowers. This butterfly is superimposed over
a partial border, which extends partway along
the top, right, and bottom edges of a second section of the poem text. Four additional
butterflies fly in the distance along the
right edge of the page. They occupy spaces in-between and adjacent to the stanzas
in the first section of the poem text. A fifth
butterfly flies in the bottom-left corner of the page.
Illustrations form a border around the poem text. Along the top edge, there is a scene
overlooking a body of water. Rushes and
lily pads grow in the water. Plants and trees line the shore. Enlarged grasses and
wild flowers grow along the upper half of the
left edge. Insects fly among the flowers. This illustrated scene is set into the interior
of the main border, which is delineated by
a single-ruled rectangle surrounding the poem text. The interior of the bottom edge
is not illustrated, but merely shaded. Enlarged
plants grow around the exterior edges of the border. Tall grasses grow along the top
edge and into the upper quarter of the right
edge. Small birds perch on the grasses. Grasses and wild flowers grow around the exterior
of the bottom-left corner. Some of the
flowers break the border line. 1/2 page.
Illustrated poem page composed of multiple scenes. The boundaries among illustrated
scenes are blurred. In the top right
corner, a large tree grows along the banks of a body of water. The tree has split
and part of it hangs over the water’s surface.
Wild flowers grow along the shore and there are grasses in the water. Beginning approximately
halfway down the page, a partial
border visually separates two sections of the poem text. The rectangular border extends
along the top edge of the bottom section,
and slightly down the left and right edges. A twisting floral branch grows behind
the border; it peeks out along the top edge and
descends the left side of the page. It features leaves, flower buds, and blooming
flowers. Butterflies fly next to the branch. 1/2
page.
Woodland scenery. Birds fly next to trees in a wooded area. The tree branches form
a thin canopy over head, and plants and
ferns line the ground. The ferns grow at the left side of the illustration and descend
the poem page. At the center of the
illustration, there is a semicircular frame, which connects to the woodland ground.
A similar but different woodland scene is
depicted within the frame. It appears to connect along the ground but it lacks many
of the trees from the exterior scene. The scene
within the frame is dimly lit. The majority of the poem text appears above and left-side
adjacent to the illustrated scene; however,
the final section is let in to blank space in the bottom-center portion of the page.
1/2 page.
