About the Poem

An amoeba is a teenie, weenie creature which reproduces by dividing itself in two, again and again and again, ad infinitum.

Category

Animal Poems

Style

Rhyming poem

Length

8 lines

Key Stage

KS1, KS2, KS3

Author

Patrick Winstanley

Divide And Rule

Amoebae divide
To multiply.
2, 4, 8 is how
They replicate.

16, 32,
64 wait,
Before you know it
128.

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