A and D both fit the definition, but i would go with A
Answer:
They need money to live
Explanation:
From Stanza four of the poem, "the man he killed", when the speaker could not find any reason to have killed the man he went into battle with, he justified himself by saying he enlisted in the army because he could not find any meaningful thing to lay his hands on. He said he joined because he knew nothing else to do and joining the military was a last resort.
"He thought he’d ‘list, perhaps,
Off-hand like — just as I —
Was out of work — had sold his traps —
No other reason why."
Answer
According to <em>Grammarly,</em>
A gerund phrase is a phrase consisting of a gerund and any modifiers or objects associated with it. A gerund is a noun made from a verb root plus <em>ing </em>(a present participle). A whole gerund phrase functions in a sentence just like a noun, and can act as a subject, an object, or a predicate nominative.
<em>Hope this helps! <3</em>
