Cell Limerick

It’s hard to tell some cells apart

If you don’t know where you should start

Just look far within

The membrane so thin

And you could come up with a chart

If you can see little organelles

And free DNA in the gel

It’s likely that you

For sure through and through

See a prokaryotic cell

But if you see some organelles

With membranes on them like a shell

There is a good chance

You’re in the expanse

Of a eukaryotic cell

Explanation:

This limerick is about some differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. It explains that

prokaryotic cells have only a small number of organelles and free DNA in the cytoplasm. It also

explains that eukaryotic cells have organelles that are wrapped in membranes. What the limerick

basically did was compare some contrasting elements between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells

to help identify each cell type.