Write a Poem with a Simile is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on a free-verse or rhyming poem using a simile or metaphor, aligned to Common Core standard W.4.10. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 19 of them with 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.
Set 25 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 19 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two students have the same paper in front of them.
Write a Poem with a Simile
W.4.10
NameDate
Write on the lines. Use the checklist.
1.Write a free verse poem about your shoes. Use a simile to describe how they feel or sound.
I wrote about my shoes
I used a simile
I did not need to rhyme
I broke my lines with care
2.Write a short poem about a storm. Use at least one simile that compares the storm to an animal.
I wrote about a storm
I used a simile with like or as
I compared it to an animal
I set it out in lines
LessonPrint · W.4.10 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Write a Poem with a Simile
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A free verse poem about shoes with a simile describing feel or sound, and deliberate line breaks.
2.A poem in lines about a storm with at least one like/as simile comparing it to an animal.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.4.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.