The poet and visual artist David Jones, who took part in the battle, wrote a vivid description of the fighting in Mametz Wood in his long poem In Parenthesis (1937), including
ðə pˈoʊɪt ænd vˈɪʒuːəl ˈɑːɹɾɪst dˈeɪvɪd dʒˈoʊnz, hˌuː tˈʊk pˈɑːɹt ɪnðə bˈæɾəl, ɹˈoʊt ɐ vˈɪvɪd dᵻskɹˈɪpʃən ʌvðə fˈaɪɾɪŋ ɪn mˈæmɛts wˈʊd ɪn hɪz lˈɔŋ pˈoʊᵻm ɪn pɚɹˈɛnθəsˌɪs nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi sˈɛvən, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ