What is Wacław Potocki?
[[File: Herb Szreniawa.PNG|thumb|Szreniawa - Potockis' coat of arms]]'''Wacław Potocki''' (1621 – 1696) was a Polish Baroque poet. == Biography == Wacław Potocki was born in the village named Wola Łużańska near the town of Biecz in Southern Poland.<ref name=STA>[http://staropolska.pl/barok/W_Potocki/biogram.html Wacław Potocki - Biogram by Marta Pławna]</ref> He was a member of noblemen family. They were Polish Brethren, Christians of the Minor Reformed Church.<ref name=EB>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Socinians#ref180785 Socinian Religious group.]</ref> He was married to Katarzyna Morsztyn. After all Polish Brethren, were given order either to become Roman Catholic or to go out of Poland forever,<ref name=EB/> he changed his faith. Wacław Potocki died at Łużna in 1696. He was buried in [[Franciscan|Francuscan]] Church in Biecz.<ref>[http://www.biecz.pl/asp/pl_start.asp?typ=14&menu=27&strona=1&sub=26 The official site of the town of Biecz.]</ref> == Works == Wacław Potocki wrote a lot. He is the author of ''Ogród fraszek'' (''The Garden of Verses'')<ref name=STA/> that consists of more than 2000 short poems. Another book by Potocki, named ''Moralia'' is composed of more than 2 000 pieces, too.<ref name=STA/> This was based on ''Adagia'' by Erasmus of Rotterdam.<ref name=STA/> He wrote many poems, sometimes in [[ottava rima]]. His best known work is an epic poem ''Wojna chocimska'' (''The War of Chocim'').<ref name=STA/> It was compared by Claude Backvis, a Belgian scholar, to [[John Milton]]'s [[Paradise Lost]].<ref name=STA/> It narrates about the great battle against the [[Turkic peoples|Turk]]s.<ref name=EB2>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Poland/The-Commonwealth#ref396821 Poland]</ref> The battle was fought in 1621, when the poet was born. The poem was written fifty years after.<ref name=STA/> It is in [[heroic couplet]]s. Lines of the poem consist of thirteen syllables with feminine [[rhyme]]s. == References == <references/> == Other websites == * [http://wolnelektury.pl/katalog/lektura/wojna-choci