Title Page: America, a Prophecy (1963)
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Title Page: America, a Prophecy (1963)
Student Commentary:
In this image from America, a Prophecy (1963 facsimile), the title of the poem appears in large, billowing clouds whose colors range from light to jet black. Towards the bottom of the images lies a pile of faceless bodies upon which a female figure lays, embracing the topmost body. The top half of the image contains two robed figures sitting upon a layer of clouds, both examining tablets and surrounded by smaller figures. The figure in the pink robe appears to be a young woman with blond hair, while the figure in the blue robe is an elderly man. On the bottom half of the image it is raining or hailing, while sun peaks through the clouds in the top half of the image.