Poems Worksheets

Read this poem, then illustrate your favorite part!

Help students hone reading comprehension skills and techniques with this classic Robert Frost poem.

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

How many similies can you find in this Christmas poem? Get into the holiday spirit with a holiday classic, "The Night Before Christmas"!

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

Help your child learn to navigate narrative poetry, then write their own poem, in this super-fun narrative poetry worksheet.

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

Get your third grader familiar with basic poetry vocabulary in this diagram worksheet

Share a classic Christmas poem with your little one. They'll get to color illustrations to The Night Before Christmas as she reads along!

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Get familiar with some types of poetry in this worksheet that covers different poetry structures.

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet! 

This comprehensive exercise will introduce your students to twelve elements of poetry and six types of poems.

Read this sweet poem by A.A. Milne, then answer a few short reading comprehension questions.

Your young writer can learn about poetry analysis with this worksheet on rhyme schemes, complete with excerpts by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

Ask students questions about "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer to develop their reading comprehension skills.

What better time to learn how to rhyme? Try this worksheet; it'll be sweet! Your child can learn rhyme scheme using this famous Robert Frost poem.

Introduce readers to the poem “Impressions” by American poet Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson with this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Find out more about the role of rhythm in poetry with this worksheet that uses "Casey at the Bat" for practice.

Help students analyze the words and form of a poem with this fun worksheet.

Can you haiku? Put your syllable knowledge to good use and count the beats with these seasonal haiku poems.

It's time to find some rhymes! Help your budding poet learn to identify rhyme schemes in poetry with this worksheet.

Explore alliteration in poetry by sniffing out repeated sounds in a favorite springtime poem: Casey at the Bat.

Practice writing sensory poetry using this fun template that will get students thinking, drawing, and writing.

Practice writing sensory poetry using this helpful template that focuses on a place and setting.