Poem Everyone Sang

Poem Everyone Sang

Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon 

Everyone suddenly burst out singing;

And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom,

Winging wildly across the white

Orchards and dark-green fields; on - on - and out of sight.

Everyone’s voice was suddenly lifted;

And beauty came like the setting My heart was shaken with tears; and horror Drifted away ... O, but Everyone

Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done

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1 Who is 'Everyone' and where are they?

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Why are they 'suddenly' singing? What do you think has happened?

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What is the 'horror'?

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How does the poet Siegfried Sassoon react to the singing?