štoos is a notable person among croatian patriots; as the author of a well-known elegy "kip domovine vu početku leta 1831", collaborator of ljudevit gaj's danica, he clearly articulated his concerns over the foreign oppression and the de-nationalisation of the common people ("vre i svoj jezik zabit horvati hote ter drugi narod postati"). štoos pessimistically observes contemporary political and cultural movements, seeing the country as if trapped in the darkness of a dungeon ("srce od plača ne mrem zdržati").