# Types of poems

> Grade 4: haiku (5-7-5 syllables), limerick, acrostic, free verse and rhyming poems, verse and line.

Source: https://olyclass.com/library/language-g4-poetry-forms-en/

- Subject: Reading & writing
- Level: Grade 4
- Practice: 16
- Play it free on one screen (projector, TV or whiteboard): https://olyclass.com/library?play=language-g4-poetry-forms-en
- Copy and edit it: https://olyclass.com/library?copy=language-g4-poetry-forms-en
- Games it plays well in: [Mystery Picture](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/mystery-picture/), [Tile Grab](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/tile-grab/), [Dare Board](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/dare-board/), [Prize Climb](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/prize-climb/)

## Questions

1. How many syllables are in the first line of a haiku? (10 / 3 / 5 / 7)
   Answer: 5
2. Which syllable pattern does a haiku follow? (3-5-3 / 5-5-5 / 5-7-5 / 7-5-7)
   Answer: 5-7-5
3. A haiku has three lines.
   Answer: True
4. How many syllables are in the word "butterfly"? (2 / 3 / 4 / 5)
   Answer: 3
5. How many lines does a limerick have? (3 / 4 / 5 / 6)
   Answer: 5
6. What is a limerick usually like? (Funny and rhyming / Only about nature / Sad and unrhymed / Very long and serious)
   Answer: Funny and rhyming
7. In a limerick, the first, second and fifth lines usually rhyme.
   Answer: True
8. In an acrostic poem, what do the first letters of each line do? (Count syllables / Repeat the title twice / Rhyme together / Spell a word)
   Answer: Spell a word
9. An acrostic poem for the word SUN has how many lines?
   Answer: 3
10. Which type of poem does not need to rhyme or have a regular pattern? (Free verse / Haiku / Limerick / Rhyming couplet)
   Answer: Free verse
11. All poems must rhyme.
   Answer: False
12. Which pair of words rhymes? (moon and man / moon and mouse / moon and spoon / spoon and spin)
   Answer: moon and spoon
13. In a poem, what is a group of lines called? (A chapter / A syllable / A title / A verse)
   Answer: A verse
14. What do we call a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in a story?
   Answer: A verse (or stanza)
15. A poem has 12 lines in 3 equal verses. How many lines are in each verse? (3 / 4 / 6 / 9)
   Answer: 4
16. A limerick has 5 lines. How many lines are in 2 limericks?
   Answer: 10