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The Storgy Toolkit · Free

Compare any two poemsJuxtaposition is the engine of insight

Pick any two poems from the Storgy public-domain corpus. In about twenty seconds you get a structured editorial comparison — shared themes, a four-axis side-by-side, the techniques that diverge, and a verdict on which to read first. The same shape as our curated pairs, produced on demand for the two poems you actually want to read together.

Poems searchable
~2,800
Axes per comparison
4
Build time
~20s

Anatomy of the comparison

01 · Output

Shared themes & contrasts

An opening essay that names what the two poems are actually doing together — where they agree, where they pull apart, and what the pair makes visible that neither poem shows alone.

Sample /Both poems answer the same question — what survives a death — and answer it from opposite ends. Frost trusts the woods; Dickinson trusts the silence after the carriage stops.
02 · Output

Four-axis side-by-side

A compact table that lines up form, voice, central image, and the closing move. Built to be skimmed before you read either poem and re-read after.

Form & meter /A — iambic tetrameter, end-rhyme aabba pattern. B — free verse, line breaks load the silence rather than the meter.
03 · Output

Which to read first

A short verdict on reading order. Not a ranking — a recommendation about which poem sets up the other so you hear the second one differently.

Verdict /Start with B. Its plainer surface gives you the floor of the conversation; A's ornament reads as a deliberate refusal once you have it.
04 · Output

Reader's FAQ

Three to five questions a real reader asks about this pair: context, allusion, that one line in stanza two. Each answered concretely with reference to the poems.

Q.01 /“Are they actually about the same thing, or am I forcing a connection?” — Both share the figure of the traveller; the divergence is in what the road costs.

How it works

  1. Search and pick two poems

    Type a title or poet name. Each picker searches Storgy’s public-domain index. The two poems must be different — everything else is fair game.

  2. Storgy AI builds the comparison

    A strict structured-output schema returns the four sections in the same shape as our curated /compare/ pages. Takes about twenty seconds.

  3. Open the permanent URL

    Every comparison lives at its own short URL. Keep it private, share the link with a friend or teacher, or toggle it public to add it to the open atlas.

Built for readers who put two poems side by side

The curious reader

“I want to know how these two talk to each other.”

  • Finds the unspoken conversation between favourite poems.
  • Surfaces a fresh angle on a poem you thought you knew.
  • Costs nothing, asks for nothing, takes twenty seconds.

The student

“My essay question pairs two poems and I have nothing yet.”

  • The four-axis table is built around what exam markers actually count.
  • Side-by-side technique notes give you the line of argument to defend.
  • Pair this with the Essay Scaffold Builder for the full plan.

The teacher

“I’m building a comparison seminar and need a strong pairing.”

  • Sanity-checks a pairing before you put it in front of a class.
  • The reader’s FAQ becomes your seminar question bank.
  • Toggle public to share a permanent URL with the cohort.

Atlas & tool

The Reader’s Atlas, and the tool.

The curated atlas

Storgy maintains The Reader’s Atlas — over 190 hand-picked dialectics grouped into chapters. These are the foundational pairings: Frost vs Dickinson, Keats vs Shelley, Donne vs Herbert. They are public, permanent, deeply indexed, and exist because they earned the page.

Browse the curated atlas →

The ad-hoc tool

This page is the ad-hoc complement. Pick any two poems in the corpus — even pairings we would never put in the atlas — and the same editorial shape comes back. Results are private by default; you choose if any of them deserve to become public reading.

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Reader questions

Frequently asked

How is this different from the curated /compare/ pages?

The Reader’s Atlas at /compare/ is hand-picked: over 190 canonical pairings grouped into chapters, written once and indexed permanently. This tool generates a new comparison on demand for any two poems in the corpus — including pairings we’d never put in the atlas. The output shape is the same; the editorial weight is different.

Which poems can I pick?

Any poem in Storgy’s public-domain corpus — roughly 2,800 works at the moment, mostly through the early 20th century. Modern, copyright-restricted poems are excluded. If a poem isn’t in the corpus yet, the picker won’t surface it.

Why only 1 comparison per month on the free tier?

Each comparison is a long Claude Sonnet run that produces four sections of editorial output. The cost adds up fast. Free covers casual use; Storgy plans remove the cap — each comparison spends one credit, and plans start at $9/month for 100 credits.

Can the comparison be wrong?

Yes. The AI reads form, lexis, and the summaries we already have on the corpus, but interpretation is interpretation. Trust the side-by-side facts (rhyme scheme, form, year) and treat the essay sections as a strong first reading you can push back on.

Will my comparison be public?

Private by default. Every comparison gets a permanent URL with an unguessable short ID — anyone with the link can see it, but nothing is indexed or surfaced anywhere on Storgy until you explicitly toggle it public. Paid plans own the toggle.

Which AI model powers it?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic, called with the same structured-output schema used by our curated atlas. The output is then humanised to remove machine-writing tells like em-dash overuse and inflated symbolism.

Can I compare a poem against itself?

No. The two selections must be different poems — that’s validated before generation runs. If you want to read one poem in two contexts, pair it against its closest neighbour and let the comparison do that work.

Can I download or share the result?

Every comparison lives at a stable URL you can share, bookmark, or paste into a study group. PDF export is on the roadmap for paid plans. For now, the shareable URL is the deliverable.