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

A.acrostic poem
B.limerick
C.haiku

2.A short poem that expresses the poet's own strong feelings, often in a musical way, is a...

A.narrative poem
B.acrostic poem
C.lyric poem

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

A.limerick
B.haiku
C.couplet

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

A.couplet
B.chapter
C.haiku

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

A.haiku
B.couplet
C.free verse poem

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

A.narrative poem
B.haiku
C.limerick

7.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.limerick
B.couplet
C.free verse

8.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

LessonPrint · RL.4.5 · Set 7 · 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