Synopsis
This poem by Leonard Q. Ross is set during a dark winter night. It is about a man named Ivan who would go to a tavern everything night and would not walk through the cemetery that was located next to the tavern. His house was located on the opposite side of the cemetery but would not dare walk through it. In line 8 the young Cossack lieutenant gave Ivan a challenge to walk through the cemetery and stick the lieutenant’s saber in the ground at the biggest tomb and they would check in the morning to see if the saber was still in the ground. Which would determine if Ivan would get the five gold rubles or not. In line 24 the author uses a simile when explaining “The wind was cruel and the saber was like ice in his hands.” Ross also uses
This poem by Leonard Q. Ross is set during a dark winter night. It is about a man named Ivan who would go to a tavern everything night and would not walk through the cemetery that was located next to the tavern. His house was located on the opposite side of the cemetery but would not dare walk through it. In line 8 the young Cossack lieutenant gave Ivan a challenge to walk through the cemetery and stick the lieutenant’s saber in the ground at the biggest tomb and they would check in the morning to see if the saber was still in the ground. Which would determine if Ivan would get the five gold rubles or not. In line 24 the author uses a simile when explaining “The wind was cruel and the saber was like ice in his hands.” Ross also uses