Figure descriptions
Hand-drawn poem text is contained by the rest of the illustration in an irregular
rectangular border. It appears slightly
off-centre, towards the bottom-right corner of the illustration. The hand-drawn poem
title is framed on a plaque in the top-right
corner of the illustration. The rest of the illustration shows a woman, identified
in the poem text as a princess, standing on a
tower balcony. The balcony overlooks a small body of water. It is decorated with the
heads of beasts extending from the columns, and
the iron railing curves into a heart-like shape. The woman reaches both of her arms
out over the balcony railing and looks down at
the water. Shrubs and other plants surround the water and a large swarm of butterflies
fly above it. There is a bell tower with a
weather vane in the distance. Two birds fly in the sky. Full page.
Hand-drawn poem text is contained by the rest of the illustration in an asymmetrical
border near the top-left corner of the
illustration. The rest of the illustration shows a man, identified in the poem text
as a prince, reaching through the window of his
prison cell. The window is covered with iron bars; the prince holds onto the bars
with his right hand and reaches through them with
his left hand. A butterfly flies near his outstretched hand. A lizard crawls up the
wall of the prison next to a wispy plant. A
human skull is placed on top of the building. Below the prison, a crowd of cloaked
figures walk up a set of steps, which positioned
between multiple buildings. The roof line of a city is visible in the distance. Full
page.
White lilies and butterflies are set against a black background and contained within
a double-ruled border. This illustrated
scene runs the full height of the letterpress and is positioned to the left of the
hand-drawn poem text. The sun is placed at the
bottom edge of the poem page to the right of this illustrated scene. Sunbeams extend
outward from the sun and the poem text follows
the curves of the beams. Full page.
