Figure descriptions
Illustrated poem page is divided into multiple parts. The first part, placed on the
top half of the page, depicts the ruins of
a deserted castle next to a body of water. Wild foliage grows along the water’s edge.
The waning crescent moon is high in the sky.
In the lower part, a ship begins to capsize as it is rocked by heavy waves. Debris
floats in the water. A third, smaller
illustration is set into a diamond-shaped wooden border placed between the two main
illustrations, overlapping them both, occupying
a space between the boat and the shore line. This illustration depicts a bird’s nest
surrounded by leaves. The poem text is let in
to a rectangular blank space in the center-right of the illustration. The blank space
is designed to look like a sheet of paper; the
bottom-right corner and the bottom edge are both folded upward. Full-page illustration
contained within a medium-weight border. The
top edge of the border is rounded.
