 Višnjić is widely considered one of the greatest epic poets ever to have played the "gusle".With the publication of Karadžić's collections of Serbian epic poetry, Višnjić's works found a European audience, and were very well received.As Serbia entered the modern age, epic poetry's standing as an influential art form diminished, prompting 20th-century literary scholar Svetozar Koljević to describe Višnjić's work as "the swansong of the epic tradition".