Once called the Wrong Note Etude because of the piquant grace notes.

The middle section contains a lyrical 'piu lento' section, in which one of Chopin's lovliest melodies is played in the left hand against triplet and quadruplet ornamentations in the right hand. At the end, only the grace notes remain.

Some people have heard the outer parts as the suggestive of a Mazurka, and the central one as reminiscent of a barcarolle.

Heller wrote of Chopin's op. 25: What more do we require to pass one or several evenings in as perfect a happiness as possible? As for me, I seek in this collection of poesy--this is the only name appropriate to the works of Chopin--some favorite pieces which I might fix in my memory, rather than others. Who could retain everything? For this reason I have in my notebook quite particularly marked the numbers four, five and seven of the present poems. Of these twelve much loved studies--every one of which has a charm of its own--the three numbers are those I prefer to all the rest."