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;

The repeated structure pairs each action with an absent feeling: the pilot fights people without hating them and guards people without loving them. This parallelism emphasizes his emotional detachment from both his enemies and the people he protects, rather than fear of death or a connection to his nationality.

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