the poem is divided into five parts. they are named after the rivers. the first part is named "sála", the second "labe, rén, veltava" and the third "dunaj". these are the rivers, slavic nations live around. two next parts of the poem are named "lethe" and "acheron". these are the rivers know from greek mythology. all the sonnets are written in decasyllable. it is trochaic pentameter. in his poem kollár described the past of the slavs, full of glory, and bright future for them.