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

A.narrative poem
B.limerick
C.haiku

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

A.haiku
B.couplet
C.limerick

3.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

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

A.haiku
B.narrative poem
C.acrostic poem

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

A.couplets
B.free verse
C.limerick form

8.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.limerick
B.concrete poem
C.haiku

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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