Cramped in that Funnelled Hole

"Cramped in that Funnelled Hole" is a poem by Wilfred Owen. It deals with the atrocities of World War I.

Cramped in that Funnelled Hole

 * Cramped in that funnelled hole, they watched the dawn
 * Open a jagged rim around; a yawn
 * Of death's jaws, which had all but swallowed them
 * Stuck in the bottom of his throat of phlegm.


 * They were in one of many mouths of Hell
 * Not seen of seers in visions, only felt
 * As teeth of traps; when bones and the dead are smelt
 * Under the mud where long ago they fell
 * Mixed with the sour sharp odour of the shell.