Answer:
Both the poem and The Sweet Hereafter deal with the loss by seeing it as painful, but that will not stop life from continuing.
Explanation:
The poem shown above shows the process that involves an individual who has lost a loved one. This individual feels strong pain, discouragement, a certain impatience, sadness and melancholy, but he knows that tomorrow will not stop coming because of that, and tomorrow will always bring everything new allowing life to continue.
This feeling is similar in The Sweet Hereafter, where an accident on the school bus causes the death of most children, leaving a melancholy, sad and discouraged population that few overcomes this huge loss.
