Comment on language/meaning.

The Night Gardener is related in language that is poetic and alternatingly simple and formal. The poetic language in the novel forms the core of the narration by the third-person narrator. The poetic language also allows for excellent descriptions of things like the beauty of the night garden and the squalid condition of the house, and allows readers to clearly form images in their minds of what Molly and Kip are confronting on the island.