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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 form is built on a strict count of syllables rather than on rhyme?
  • A.couplet
  • B.haiku
  • C.limerick
2.A poem that tells a story, with characters and events in order, is a...
  • A.narrative poem
  • B.haiku
  • C.acrostic poem
3.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.free verse
  • C.limerick
4.A poem whose words are set out in the shape of its subject is a...
  • A.limerick
  • B.narrative poem
  • C.concrete poem
5.A short poem that expresses the poet's own strong feelings, often in a musical way, is a...
  • A.narrative poem
  • B.lyric poem
  • C.acrostic poem
6.Read: "The cat sat on the garden wall / And never seemed to mind at all." These two rhyming lines are a...
  • A.haiku
  • B.free verse poem
  • C.couplet
7.Read: "Swallows dipping low / over the still summer pond / one ripple, then none." What kind of poem is this?
  • A.acrostic poem
  • B.limerick
  • C.haiku
8.A poem of three lines with 5, 7 and 5 syllables, often about nature, is a...
  • A.haiku
  • B.narrative poem
  • C.limerick

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Answer key — Kinds of Poem

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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