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Stepan Rudansky's works are striking in their variety of themes and genres. In the history of Ukrainian literature, the poet is known as the author of humoresques (sayings, as the poet himself called them), songs (lyrical poems, some of which became folk songs), ballads, fairy tales, historical poems and translations of Russian, Western Slavic and ancient poetry. Speaking about the significance of Rudansky's poetry, Ivan Franko emphasised that he was one of the most talented Ukrainian poets who emerged in the literary field after Shevchenko's death.

The poem "The Nightingale King" is written in the form of a fairy tale. The author himself gave it the same genre definition. In this work, Rudansky highlights the image of a wise ruler who, with his wise teachings, reminds us of Vladimir Monomakh, and his sons - of the princes of Russia, between whom strife continued unabated.