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.

Kinds of Poem

RL.4.5

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Circle the right answer.

1.A poem whose words are set out in the shape of its subject is a...

A.limerick
B.narrative poem
C.concrete poem

2.Which form is built on a strict count of syllables rather than on rhyme?

A.limerick
B.couplet
C.haiku

3.A poem of three lines with 5, 7 and 5 syllables, often about nature, is a...

A.limerick
B.narrative poem
C.haiku

4.Read: "Swallows dipping low / over the still summer pond / one ripple, then none." What kind of poem is this?

A.acrostic poem
B.haiku
C.limerick

5.Read: "Moon / over the roofs, / over the sleeping street, / opens one silver eye." It has no rhyme and no regular beat. What form is it?

A.couplet
B.limerick
C.free verse

6.A funny poem of five lines, where lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme, is a...

A.free verse poem
B.limerick
C.haiku

7.Read: "There once was a goat on a hill / Who nibbled the flowers until / The farmer came by / With a shout and a cry / And the goat ran away down the hill." What kind of poem is this?

A.haiku
B.limerick
C.concrete poem

8.Which kind of poem is most likely to have a beginning, a middle and an end, like a story?

A.haiku
B.acrostic poem
C.narrative poem

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

Answer key — Kinds of Poem