The poems in this collection include ballads and acrostics, and quite a few songs with refrains. What they don't include is free verse or any of the strict syllabic forms. The style used might be called retro-Victorian metrical verse, but don’t let that trouble you. These pieces were conceived from a fascination with the worlds of fantasy and a joy in the music of the English language. Despite, or perhaps because of, their subject matter, they are not intended for younger readers.