The lingering sickness in his body fled, gone for good. He had never seen nor heard of sorrow or sickness or poverty. I felt a sickness in my stomach at the news, in spite of having surmised as much. ...
I believe the linking verb is “will”. It’s linking the subject “the United States of America” and the predicate “be 300 years old!”
Answer:
the metaphore in stanza three is winter so cold they could freeze a
tongue whole
