Question

Which relationship in The Sweet Hereafter do the following lines from the poem "Absence" by Amy Lowell best relate to?

"But the cup of my heart is still,
And cold, and empty.
When you come, it brims
Red and trembling with blood,
Heart's blood for your drinking;"



Nichole and her father

Dolores and Abbott

Mitchell and Zoe

Billy and Risa

Answer 1

Billy and Risa I think

Answer 2

The lines from the poem "Absence" by Amy Lowell best relate to the relationship in The Sweet Hereafter of Billy and Risa

Step-by-step explanation:

"The Sweet Hereafter" is the tragic story of a bus accident where many kids died on a snowy day, this brings out many secrets from the characters to the reader but not to the other people in the story one of them is the relationship between Billy and Risa who are lovers and know that their relationship doesn't have any future.