Hall was precociously ribald and loved Rabelaisian literature. Her poems are highly imagistic, the connections between images precociously and precariously intuitive. She is also a precociously talented con artist, adept at manipulating adults. He was educated at Truro Grammar School, where he precociously published "The Fate of Llewellyn". Michael Idato of "The Sydney Morning Herald" branded Summer "precociously slappable". "my father also was taken too soon, leaving me precociously independent". Although his family had no musical traditions, he precociously developed a strong passion for music.