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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.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.haiku
  • C.limerick
2.A poem of three lines with 5, 7 and 5 syllables, often about nature, is a...
  • A.narrative poem
  • B.limerick
  • C.haiku
3.Which form is built on a strict count of syllables rather than on rhyme?
  • A.couplet
  • B.limerick
  • C.haiku
4.Two lines next to each other that rhyme and belong together are called a...
  • A.chapter
  • B.haiku
  • C.couplet
5.Read: "Sand between my toes / Under a bright sky / Noon, and we swim." The first letters of the lines spell SUN. What kind of poem is this?
  • A.haiku
  • B.acrostic poem
  • C.narrative poem
6.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
7.A poem where the first letter of each line spells a word is an...
  • A.haiku
  • B.acrostic poem
  • C.limerick
8.A poem whose words are set out in the shape of its subject is a...
  • A.narrative poem
  • B.concrete poem
  • C.limerick

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Answer key — Kinds of Poem

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.limerick
  2. 2.haiku
  3. 3.haiku
  4. 4.couplet
  5. 5.acrostic poem
  6. 6.narrative poem
  7. 7.acrostic poem
  8. 8.concrete poem

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