Poetry Worksheets

There are considered to be be over 20 standard forms of poetry. We focus on those that are used at the primary, elementary, and middle school level. Poetry is a form of literature that is fits or follows a rhythm. Poems are an art form that can move us to feel emotions we weren't expecting. Students often start their introduction to poetry through simply reading it. After so time, they hunker down and realize that poetry is not only fun to read, but it is fun to write and create. They can also be fun and make the world a more interesting place. We have a very large cadre of poetry worksheets available below. If you scroll down, you will be able to find literally hundreds of worksheets that help students better understand this art form.


Alliteration - This helps the reader or audience focus on a particular portion of the work. This can create a form of calm or credence in the reader.

Advanced Similes and Metaphors - These worksheets help students get to the next level of working with relationships.

Assonance - This technique can create and internal rhyme to poems and increase the reader experience many times through.

Connecting Text to Visual or Oral Presentations - Using just text can be bountiful but adding visuals can speak volumes for anyone trying to draw a picture that matters in their mind.

Determining Themes of Stories, Dramas, or Poems - We look at how you can take steps to interpret what has been presented to you in a wide variety of forms.

Explaining Similes and Metaphor - Students learn how to understand and use these forms of figurative language.

Feeling and Emotion Words in Stories or Poems - This form of vocabulary can really portray a humanistic feel in your work.

Figurative, Connotative, and Technical Word Meanings - We look at off-literary meanings of terms and how authors use this technique to heighten their work.

Figures of Speech - When we want to bring attention to something in a rhetorical manner, we use these.

Free Verse Poems - Learn how to compose these non-traditional poems.

Genres - We explore the five literary genres and subcategories therein.

Grade 3 Poetry - Students are presented with the three common forms of poems for 3rd grade.

Grade 4 Poetry - The goal at this level is to be very descriptive and help your reader paint a picture in their mind.

Grade 5 Poetry - We start getting into all the major elements of poem development in 5th grade.

Haiku - Students explore this traditional form of poems from Japan.

Interpreting Figurative Language - You will start to understand why an author chose an exact set of words.

Inversion - This is when the words in a sentence just do not seem right, but they get the job done.

Literal and Nonliteral Meanings of Word and Phrases - Is the word used as the dictionary intended it to be used?

Making Rhyming Words - We show you several different techniques to help you master this.

Metaphors - The use of this figure of speech can help provide the reader with clarity on the nature of a relationship between two things.

Ode - We look at this style which often lends itself to honoring a person, event, or concept. Nature is often the subject of these types of poems.

Onomatopoeia - When we use language that imitates the sounds that it describes.

Patterns of Chapters, Scenes, or Stanzas of Text - We learn how poems are organized in text form.

Personification - When project human characteristics onto something that is not human.

Poetic Analysis - We show you how to breakdown the work of other poets and your own.

Poetic Devices - These are tools that poets use to maintain rhythm and set a mood.

Poetry Writing - Time to put all that you have learned to work.

Similes - When you want to bring something to life for your audience.

Structural Elements of Poems and Dramas - If you understand how to read music, it often requires the same skill set as poems and dramas.

Symbolism - We use symbols to signify perceptions and qualities in our language.

Reading Prose and Poetry - We work on comprehension skills here.

Text Structure - This has a great deal of influence over how a work is received.

Understanding Literature - How do you come across a takeaway from a piece of work?

Words and Phrases in Context - How to find the meaning of terms that are unfamiliar to you.

Writing with An Active or Passive Voice - This all centers around who is taking action in a sentence and who is not.

What Are the Key Features of Poem?


That are many different attributes that are common to poems and give them a sense of composition. The most common of this being rhyming. When we think of the topic, it is the first thing to come to mind. Not all poems have to necessarily rhyme, in fact nonrhythmic forms allow poets to express themselves in a completely unique way. There are of a dozen different types of rhyming schemes that you will commonly find in different works. Meter is an attribute specific to poems that dictates the length of it and where the line that will be accentuated in the work. A stanza is another attribute of poems that are two or more lines. They are arranged units terribly similar to paragraph in standard writing.


The Fundamental Forms of Poetry


Poetry focuses on the feeling and emotions of the reader. Poems use a very distinctive tone and mood that leave the reader enjoying the reading experience. Words seem to just bounce off of the page, when it comes to a well written poem. Poets can make use think deeper about a subject or idea that we never even pondered. The style of expression engages an audience and helps them look deeper into the work and content that is presented. There are many different techniques that poets can use to express their art. We take a look at all the different forms of poetry and where they are applicable for use.


Acrostic

An acrostic poem starts with a foundational word or phrase. The poet then write a short sentence that starts with each letter of the word or phrase. This is a very popular activity for upper elementary students.


Cinquain

This is a five-line poem form coined by American poet Adelaide Crapsey. The poem form draws its format from a mixture of traditional Japanese poems. This form of poetry follows an underlying structure that is at the poet's discretion. They often are fixed with a certain number of syllables or words.


Free Verse

This form of poems breaks all the rules because it is entirely in the hands of the poet to decide upon. The goal of this, completely, free poem is conveying a message to readers.


Haiku

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that has been around since ancient times. A Haiku consists of just three lines and seventeen syllables in all. This type of poetry is usually focused on nature.


Sonnet

This form of poetry was made famous by an Italian writer. Sonnets are composed of fourteen lines and were widely forgotten until William Shakespeare began mastering the technique.


Limericks

These are humorous poems that are made up of five lines. Limericks rhyme with the same verbal rhythm throughout. Each line has a number of syllables requirements based on its position within the framework.


Narrative

A narrative poem is designed to tell a story. There is often a plot set around characters and often include a narration sequence. The length and depth of story really differs from poem to poem within this format.