Theodor Adorno identifies this scherzo as the model for the scherzos by Anton Bruckner. Lange was fond of rare poetic forms&colon; acrostics, dactyls, pantoums, praeludiums, scherzos, canticles and triolets. It is the only one of Chopin's four scherzos primarily based on a major key. This may reflect Brahms' sentiment with his own ironic scherzos. Like most scherzos, it is light and upbeat, and utilizes ternary or "ABA" form. The second and third movements are a pair of scherzos.