What line from "Vern" describes the setting of the poem? And let you snuggle down beside
His little wiggly warmness--
A pup's a good companion
o
Across the vacant lot

the answer is b, it brings the reader closer to the action.

it would've been a if the word had been determined, not conceited

hope this

-ironwolfx

that you cannot mess with fate and love cannot be controlled

i have identified the gerund in this sentence by writing it in all capitals.

gerund phrase: writing it in all capitals

gerund use: object of preposition