[1] His copiousness and speed of composition—together with his bohemian habits—became proverbial: the writer Janko Veselinović recalled how proudly Petrović wore his Serbian national costume, then only worn by peasants and not city folk (hence, the nickname "Seljančica").

After the conflicts, separated from his wife and children, he lived in Kruševac and Belgrade where his health suddenly began to deteriorate.

[2] In the group of works, the cycle Seljaničice (Little Peasant Girls), which was based on verses of Petrović, attained a special place.

The poems (most of which were transcribed into music) composed in the folk idiom were used by Petrović in his dramatic play Čučuk-Stana (1907).

Literary critic Jovan Skerlić praised Petrović's Vaskrsenje as a work which excited and delighted readers.