I believe the answer is "country". There is no need for it to be capitalized, as it's not a proper noun. Hope I helped!
The denotation of a word is the definition that you would find in a dictionary. So, the denotation for voracious is: Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food. -www.thefreedictionary.com-
The correct answer for 1 is <span>D) The reader and the speaker share the same essence.
The reader and the speaker and all other people on the planet share the same essence. This is a very transcendentalist thought that we are all connected and are one and the same soul and should not take that lightly. Here ti isn't about physical even though atoms are a physical thing.
The correct answer for 2 is </span><span>D) Loafing is permissible, especially when studying nature.
Loafing didn't have a negative connotation back then, it simply referred to relaxing and dwelling on something, it wasn't just about being lazy. Loafing is permissible and his watching the plants is making him find a deeper meaning in life and in nature.
The correct answer for 3 is </span><span>D) These lines suggest that national identity is forged through having deep ancestral roots in a place.
His national identity of loving America which is also seen in his other poems stems form the idea that his forefathers and their forefathers were born there and they all shared the same experience of the land and nature and it is now his thing. </span>
