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The Storgy Toolkit

Index of instruments

Precision
instruments
for letters.

An indexed catalogue of 29 devices for reading, writing, and teaching literary text — free for students, educators, and the obsessively precise.

Operating protocol

AI instruments

Powered by Claude. One free run on the house — no signup. One more with a free account.

Deterministic instruments

Pure computation. Instant, unlimited, and nothing is sent to an AI model.

The house rule

Our AI reads, teaches, and tells you the truth about a draft. It never writes the poem. The words stay yours.

That's why you'll find checkers, raters, and analyzers below — and no generators. Blank page? Start from a curated prompt or learn a classic form, then bring the draft back for an honest reading.

Bench I — The writer's bench

For drafting, polishing, and structural validation.

REF: 001 AI · 1 credit per run

Poem Checker

Polish your draft

“Which lines of my draft are weakest?”

Concrete fixes for your own poem — grammar, rhyme strength, weak lines, and meter notes.

REF: 002 AI · 1 credit per run

Haiku Checker

Verify the 5-7-5 rule

“Is this actually a haiku?”

Syllable counts per line plus notes on kigo, kireji, and traditional haiku form.

REF: 003 AI · 1 credit per run

Sonnet Checker

Fourteen lines, judged

“Does my sonnet actually scan?”

Line count, iambic pentameter, rhyme scheme, and the volta — Shakespearean or Petrarchan.

REF: 004 Deterministic · unlimited

Limerick Checker

AABBA, verified

“Is my limerick built right?”

Five lines checked against the AABBA scheme and the long-long-short-short-long syllable shape.

REF: 005 AI · 1 credit per run

Lyric Analyzer

Read a song on the page

“What is this song actually saying?”

Theme, imagery, and structure for any song lyric — including the verse you're still writing.

REF: 006 AI · 1 credit per run

Poem Rater

An honest 1–10 score

“Is this poem ready to submit?”

A critique with sub-scores for imagery, rhythm, originality, emotion, and craft.

REF: 007 AI · 1 credit per run

Story Rater

Score your story

“Is my short story any good?”

An honest score for any story or chapter — prose, character, plot, originality, emotion, and dialogue, with what's working and what to fix.

REF: 008 AI · 12–75 credits by length

Rate My Book

Your whole manuscript, read

“Is my whole manuscript ready?”

Every chapter of your manuscript read and scored, then one editorial letter with priorities, continuity issues, and a query-readiness call — 12 credits up to 20,000 words, 30 up to 60,000, 75 up to 120,000.

REF: 009 AI · 1 credit per run

Story Checker

Line-edit your prose

“What should I fix in my draft?”

Concrete fixes for your own fiction — grammar, weak sentences, pacing, show-don't-tell, POV, and dialogue, each with a one-line rewrite.

REF: 010 Deterministic · unlimited

Syllable Counter

Count syllables instantly

“How many syllables is this line?”

Per-word syllable breakdown for any word, line, or stanza — meter checks and song lyrics included.

REF: 011 Deterministic · unlimited

Poetry Prompts

A door, not a topic

“What should I write a poem about?”

Sixty original curated prompts — image, memory, persona, and form challenges — with a free shuffle generator.

REF: 012 Deterministic · unlimited

Writing Prompt Generator

Story engines, not topics

“Give me a story worth starting.”

Three hundred original fiction prompts — first lines, characters, situations, genre seeds, and constraints. Free and unlimited.

REF: 013 Deterministic · unlimited

Iambic Pentameter Checker

Scansion, line by line

“Do my lines scan as da-DUM × 5?”

Every line marked for stress against the iambic pattern — feminine endings and substitutions allowed.

REF: 014 Deterministic · unlimited

Rhyme Scheme Finder

Paste a poem, get its letters

“What rhyme scheme is my poem?”

End rhymes lettered phonetically — ABAB, AABB, AABBA — with slant rhymes counted the way an ear counts them.

REF: 015 Deterministic · unlimited

Alliteration Checker

Initial sounds, mapped

“Where does my line alliterate?”

Words grouped by shared initial sound, line by line — sound-based, so 'known' and 'nothing' match.

Bench II — The student's bench

For close reading, citing, and assembling the essay.

REF: 016 AI · 1 credit per run

Poem Analyzer

Understand any poem

“What does this poem actually mean?”

A structured breakdown of any pasted poem — summary, themes, line-by-line meaning, tone, symbols, context.

REF: 017 AI · 1 credit per run

Story Analyzer

Understand any story

“What is this short story really doing?”

A structured reading of any pasted story or chapter — summary, themes, characters, plot structure, point of view, and devices.

REF: 018 AI · 1 credit per run

Metaphor Finder

Every figure, located

“Where are the metaphors in this poem?”

Each metaphor named line by line with a reading of what it's doing — essay evidence with addresses.

REF: 019 AI · 1 credit per run

Simile Finder

Comparisons, caught

“What similes does this poem use?”

Every like, as, and than located and read — including the constructions students walk past.

REF: 020 AI · 1 credit per run

Work Q&A

Cited answers, not guesses

“What does the green light mean in chapter one?”

Ask anything about a catalog work — every answer cites its chapter source, grounded in Storgy's summaries.

REF: 021 Deterministic · unlimited

Citation Generator

MLA, APA, and Chicago

“How do I cite Ozymandias in MLA?”

Properly formatted citations typeset by deterministic rules — ready for your bibliography.

REF: 022 AI · 1 credit per run

Essay Scaffold

Plan a defensible essay

“How do I structure my essay on this poem?”

Three argument angles, a line-cited quote bank, and counter-arguments — framed for GCSE, AP Lit, and IB.

REF: 023 AI · 1 credit per run

Compare Poems

Two poems, side by side

“How do these two poems treat the same theme?”

A side-by-side reading of any two poems — shared ground, divergences, and the comparison essay it sets up.

REF: 024 Archive · unlimited

Quiz Library

Test yourself on a classic

“Quiz me on the poem I just read.”

Ready-made ten-question quizzes on canonical poems — craft, meaning, and form. Browse freely.

Bench III — The teacher's bench

For assessment, discussion, and written tasks.

REF: 025 AI · 1 credit per run

Discussion Questions

Run a better class discussion

“What should my class discuss about this text?”

Open, analytical, and comparative questions for any catalog work — ready to print or project.

REF: 026 AI · 1 credit per run

Essay Prompts

AO-aware essay starters

“Set three essay tasks on Macbeth, AO-aligned.”

Argument-led, context-led, and craft-led prompts tied to a specific text and its assessment objectives.

REF: 027 AI · 1 credit per run

Quiz Questions

Multiple choice with answer key

“Hand me a marked reading quiz on Jane Eyre.”

A ready-to-use multiple-choice quiz on plot, character, theme, and language — answer key included.

REF: 028 AI · 1 credit per run

Lesson Plans

A week's teaching, planned

“Plan me three lessons on Of Mice and Men.”

A scheme of work sized to the text — two lessons for a poem, up to five for a novel: objectives, a do-now and an exit ticket for every lesson, lift-out activities, assessment, and the board's own standards.

Bench IV — The press

For the finished poem — typeset, filmed, performed.

REF: 029 Typeset free · AI art 5 credits

Poem Card Maker

Typeset, not generated

“How do I share this poem as an image?”

Seven templates that set a poem as a made object — one line set large, a stanza quoted clean, a whole poem on a book page, a clean broadside for your own work, and two printable classroom sheets — lineation preserved exactly. Typeset cards are free; the one illustrated card costs 5 credits.

Frequently asked

Which Storgy tool should I use?

If you want to write a new poem and don't know where to start, open Poetry Prompts — sixty curated starting points — then study the form you're attempting at /forms/. If you're trying to understand a poem someone else wrote, use the Poem Analyzer; for a short story, novel chapter, or any other prose, the Story Analyzer does the same job with plot, character, and point-of-view sections. If you're polishing your own draft, the Poem Checker flags concrete craft issues — grammar, rhyme, weak lines. The Poem Rater steps further back and tells you whether the whole poem works, with sub-scores for imagery, rhythm, originality, emotion, and craft. For your own fiction, the Story Rater scores a story or chapter on six axes — prose, character, plot, originality, emotion, and dialogue — while the Story Checker line-edits it for grammar, weak sentences, pacing, show-don't-tell, POV, and dialogue. The Haiku Checker is a specialist for traditional 5-7-5 form with kigo and kireji notes. Teachers and students have four dedicated tools: Discussion Questions builds a ready-to-run class discussion around any catalog work; Essay Prompts generates AO-aware prompts tied to the text; Quiz Questions produces a multiple-choice quiz you can hand straight to students; and Lesson Plans writes a scheme of work sized to the text — two lessons for a poem, up to five for a novel — with objectives, activities, assessment and standards. Every study guide also has a printable teacher pack. The Syllable Counter and Citation Generator are instant and unlimited — they never use a run or a credit. And when a poem is finished, the Poem Card Maker typesets it as a shareable image — one line set large, the whole poem on a book page, or a clean broadside for your own work.

Are the AI tools really free?

Yes, to try. Every visitor gets one free AI tool run — shared across the poem analyzer, story analyzer, story rater, story checker, poem checker, rater, haiku checker, sonnet checker, lyric analyzer, metaphor finder, simile finder, discussion questions, essay prompts, and quiz questions — with no signup and no ads. Creating a free account unlocks one more. Beyond that, plans start at $9/month for 100 credits; most AI runs cost 1 credit, and the few larger reports that cost more say so before you confirm. The Syllable Counter, Citation Generator, Rhyme Scheme Finder, Iambic Pentameter Checker, Limerick Checker, and Alliteration Checker are always free and unlimited because they don't call an AI model. The Poem Card Maker's typeset templates are also free and unlimited; its one illustrated template, Verse & Ink, costs 5 credits.

What happens when I use up my free runs?

The free runs are one-time, not daily — one without an account, one more with a free account. After that, paid plans meter AI tools with credits — most runs cost one credit, a few larger reports cost more and say so first — starting at $9/month for 100 credits. Credits reset monthly and don't roll over. See /pricing/ for the full breakdown.

Will Storgy's AI write a poem or story for me?

No — by design. Storgy's AI analyzes, teaches, and gives feedback on writing; it never writes the poem or story for you. There is no poem generator or story generator on the site. If you're staring at a blank page, Poetry Prompts and the Writing Prompt Generator offer 360 curated starting points from fixed lists — nothing generated on demand — the /forms/ library teaches each classic form, and once you've drafted something the checkers and raters will tell you honestly how it's going. The words stay yours.

Which AI model powers the tools?

All AI tools call Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic with a strict structured-output JSON schema, so each tool always returns the same shape. The output is then humanised to remove machine-writing tells like em-dash overuse and inflated symbolism. The Syllable Counter and Citation Generator are pure computation — no AI model involved.

Is my poem private when I use a tool?

Each tool run produces a result page at a URL with an unguessable short ID. The page is publicly reachable to anyone with the link, so don't paste anything sensitive. We don't sell or train on the input text. See /privacy/ for the full policy.
Storgy Toolkit — 29 free tools for poetry & literature study