Figure descriptions
Decorated capital letter “O” from the poem’s first word, “On”. The light-coloured
“O” is set against a dark, square
background. There are flowers at three corners and at the center of the “O”. The decorated
capital is contained within a
double-ruled border.
An elderly man and woman sit in a crowded domestic space. They sit in chairs across
from one another. The woman appears to be
reading to the man from an open book. There are three cats on the floor next to the
couple. The cats are bathing in sunlight, which
streams into the room from an open window. The space also contains a table, a chest,
a basket full of goods, a fire stoker, keys,
pots, and household cleaning tools. Textiles hang from lines strung across the ceiling,
and a vine grows around a light near the
window. Full-page illustration contained within a dark, medium-weight border.
