The theme is the importance of Machines in our life. Machines make many things easier and facilitate the work of the humans. In the beginning, the poet informs about how the machines are produced and what kind of treatment they need. Afterwards, in the second and third stanzas, the machines explain how they can serve humanity. All the work what was done by the humans earlier is taken up by the machines at present. They pull, haul, push, lift, drive, print, plough, weave, heat, light, run, race, swim, fly, and dive. They can also see, hear, count, read and write like human beings. Even though machines are useful, they can also lead to big disasters, if they aren’t used in the right way. They have no emotions or feeling for anyone. In the last stanza, the dream of the “perfect machinery” suddenly seems to fade away. Machines aren’t miraculous creations. They are nothing more than the creations of the human brain.
A poetic device used is alliteration. When multiple words in a sentence start with the same sound/letter to create a sort of rhythm, that is alliteration.
“HE HELD my HAND and said I will HIRE you with my power.”
