Figure descriptions
Illustrated poem page. The hand-drawn poem title is centered at the top of the page.
It appears to be melting. A large
six-pointed star appears above the title. The star is surrounded by concentric rings;
thin lines emerge from the center of the star
and extend outward beyond the rings. Below the star and the poem title, the hand-drawn
poem text is separated and placed on two
scrolls. One scroll is placed in the upper-left portion of the page, and the other
scroll is placed in the lower-right corner. The
first letter from the first word of each line, as well as from the words “Earth”,
“New”, and “Year”, are outlined. The first letters
from the poet’s forename, middle initial, and surname are also outlined in the byline
at the end of the poem. Most of the background
is dark; however, the ground is light and it stretches across the lower third of the
illustration. Branches with leaves, flowers,
berries, and hops grow in the background beside and behind the scrolls. Full-page
illustration contained in a single-ruled
border.
