Figure descriptions
Illustrated poem page. The boundaries among illustrated components are blurred. The
poem text is let into blank space on two
horizontal banners. The second banner, at the bottom of the page, has long curled
edges. In the main illustrated scene, positioned
around the first banner, a robin stands on a patch of ice next to a building. Snow
blankets the ground, the window sills, a nearby
bush, and distant trees. The second illustrated scene is superimposed over the bottom
of the main illustration. It is contained
within an irregular semicircular frame. In this scene, multiple figures skate on an
ice rink at night. They all wear matching
jackets and most of the figures hold one or both hands in the air. Marks from their
skates are etched into the ice. Snow falls from
the sky. The top edge of this illustrated scene is curved and the second banner is
superimposed over the bottom edge. All
illustrated components are contained within a single-ruled border. Full page.
