Question

Read the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death." Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love; Which statement best describes the effect of the parallelism in this excerpt? The parallel structure of these lines establishes a strong contrast between the pilot's enemies and his allies. The parallel structure of these lines highlights how frightened the pilot is of death. The parallel structure of these lines connects the pilot to his Irish nationality. The parallel structure of these lines emphasizes that the pilot does not have much emotion for his enemies or his countrymen.

Answer 1

D.The parallel structure of these lines emphasizes that the pilot does not have much emotion for his enemies or his countrymen.

Answer 2

The parallel structure of these lines emphasizes that the pilot does not have much emotion for his enemies or his countrymen.

Parallel structure is the repetition of a similar grammatical structure in a series of verbs, phrases or sentences. In the lines, he says that he does not hate his enemies and does not love his fellow countrymen. Using parallelism in this section show the similarities in his emotions for his enemies and his countrymen, he neither loves nor hates them.