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Kinds of Poem is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on naming a poem's form from its features, aligned to Common Core standard RL.4.5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Kinds of Poem

RL.4.5

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1.Which kind of poem is most likely to have a beginning, a middle and an end, like a story?
  • A.acrostic poem
  • B.haiku
  • C.narrative poem
2.Read: "The cat sat on the garden wall / And never seemed to mind at all." These two rhyming lines are a...
  • A.couplet
  • B.haiku
  • C.free verse poem
3.A poem with no regular rhyme and no regular beat is written in...
  • A.couplets
  • B.free verse
  • C.limerick form
4.A short poem that expresses the poet's own strong feelings, often in a musical way, is a...
  • A.lyric poem
  • B.narrative poem
  • C.acrostic poem
5.A poem of three lines with 5, 7 and 5 syllables, often about nature, is a...
  • A.haiku
  • B.limerick
  • C.narrative poem
6.A poem where the first letter of each line spells a word is an...
  • A.acrostic poem
  • B.haiku
  • C.limerick
7.Two lines next to each other that rhyme and belong together are called a...
  • A.chapter
  • B.haiku
  • C.couplet
8.A poem whose words are set out in the shape of its subject is a...
  • A.concrete poem
  • B.narrative poem
  • C.limerick

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Answer key — Kinds of Poem

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.narrative poem
  2. 2.couplet
  3. 3.free verse
  4. 4.lyric poem
  5. 5.haiku
  6. 6.acrostic poem
  7. 7.couplet
  8. 8.concrete poem

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.4.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.