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

A.limerick
B.couplet
C.haiku

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

A.haiku
B.narrative poem
C.acrostic poem

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

A.haiku
B.free verse poem
C.limerick

4.A poem where the first letter of each line spells a word is an...

A.acrostic poem
B.limerick
C.haiku

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

A.limerick
B.acrostic poem
C.haiku

7.Read: "The cat sat on the garden wall / And never seemed to mind at all." These two rhyming lines are a...

A.free verse poem
B.haiku
C.couplet

8.A poem with no regular rhyme and no regular beat is written in...

A.free verse
B.limerick form
C.couplets

LessonPrint · RL.4.5 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use

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