Neşâtî was not as prolific as many other Ottoman poets, but is nonetheless considered to be among the masters of the "gazel" form of poetry. He was strongly influenced by, and a great admirer of, the Persian poet `Urfī of Shîraz (d. 1591), about whom he wrote a treatise, the "Şerḥ-i Müşkilāt-i `Urfī" (شرح مشكلات عورفى "Explanation of the Difficulties of `Urfî"). It was primarily through the influence of `Urfî, among other Persian poets, that Neşâtî's poetry took on certain aspects of the so-called "Indian style", which was characterized by extravagant conceits; a complex, Persian-derived syntax; and a high level of lexical and syntactic ambiguity. An example is the following "beyit", or couplet, from one of Neşâtî's most famous "gazel"s: