Analysis of Cramped in That Funnelled Hole
Wilfred Owen 1893 (Oswestry) – 1918 (Sambre–Oise Canal)
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.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111101 100110101 1111111101 1001011111 1001110111 1111010101 11111100111 1001110111 1101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 399 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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