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.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.concrete poem
B.limerick
C.haiku

2.Two lines next to each other that rhyme and belong together are called a...

A.haiku
B.couplet
C.chapter

3.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

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

A.narrative poem
B.haiku
C.acrostic poem

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.free verse
B.couplet
C.limerick

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

A.narrative poem
B.limerick
C.concrete poem

7.A poem that tells a story, with characters and events in order, is a...

A.haiku
B.narrative poem
C.acrostic poem

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

A.couplets
B.limerick form
C.free verse

LessonPrint · RL.4.5 · Set 25 · 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