Ophelia (painting by John Everett Millais)

Angela & Uncle Jerry extensively discuss the famous 1851-52 painting of Ophelia by John Everett Millais as a visual source for the song, the album cover, and the music video. Uncle Jerry describes the painting's symbolic flowers (forget-me-nots, poppies for death, violets for promises/steadfastness/purity, a broken weeping willow), Ophelia's pose with uplifted hands looking skyward (suggesting a saint or martyr), and the white dress Millais bought for the model Elizabeth Siddal. He notes the painting is in the Tate Britain and speculates Taylor may have seen it in person while living in London. Angela observes that one of the album vinyl variants looks like the Ophelia painting, and Uncle Jerry notes the music video's white dress is similar to the dress in the painting.