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Stepan Vasylchenko's work was characterised by humour at all stages. There are many humorous scenes in the story "The Olive Ring". Here are our travellers holding a trial over the mortar. Here a schoolboy announces his intention to marry Nastya, touched by her care and hospitality. Grandfather Markiyan, with the mien of an international observer, talks about Chamberlain and the League of Nations; all these episodes are imbued with a gentle, friendly humour that serves as a means of positively characterising the characters.

Humour in The Olive Tree Ring is inevitably combined with lyricism. The lyrical element powerfully enters the story, manifesting itself in the characters, in the depiction of the village life, and in the description of nature.

Stepan Vasylchenko (1878-1932) was a writer of folk art who defended the originality of Ukrainian art and its connection with the national tradition. Vasylchenko's work is characterised by poetisation of the national Ukrainian character, strengthening of the emotional and evaluative principle and in-depth psychological analysis.