The Baptism on the Savica

According to the literary historian Marko Juvan, the work may be considered the Slovene national epic.

The first part of the poem, added approximately ten years later, is a sonnet dedicating the work to Prešeren's late friend Matija Čop.

The second part, the Introduction (Uvod), describes the final battle between Christians and pagan Slavs, led by the hero Črtomir.

It is composed of 25 three-line and one four-line stanza and segues directly into the poem's third part, the Baptism (Krst), focusing on the reunion of Črtomir and Bogomila, who had been the priestess of the goddess Živa but is now a Christian.

[2][3] It has a Classicist composition, a Realist cadre, an impressionist final touch, and emphasises Prešeren's Romantic poetry with its content.