A piece in the Bookman called Crane "the Aubrey Beardsley of poetry," and a commentator from the Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean stated that "there is not a line of poetry from the opening to the closing page.
Un artigo na revista Bookman chamáballe a Crane "o Aubrey Beardsley da poesía", e un comentarista do Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean afirmou que "non hai unha soa liña de poesía dende a primeira ata a última páxina.