Poetic language in the epistles of Paulus Ritter Vitezović (1652-1713)

Poetic language in the epistles of Paulus Ritter Vitezović (1652-1713)

An exploration of Latin usage in poetry of Croatian author Paulus Ritter Vitezović, including a comparison of his verse-endings with those of Ovid.

About Ritter's poetic language

The hypothesis is that relatively little of poetic language characteristic for Ovid's epistles (Heroides, Tristia, Ex Ponto) is present in the Neo-Latin epistles by Ritter Vitezović.
The hypothesis will be tested by examination of verse clausulae (verse endings): one, two, or three words at the end of verse. We want to see how many clausulae from Ovid's epistles appear in Ritter Vitezović's texts.

Additionally, we will use the same procedure to compare beginnings of Ovid's and Ritter Vitezović's verses.