What does the allusion to Midas in the third stanza reveal about the speaker? Use evidence from the poem to support your answer. Type your answer in the space provided.

("The Chaperon by Henry Cuyler Bunner")

The allusion to Midas reveals the differences in ages between the speaker and the chaperon. This allusion is higlighted in the explanation

Explanation:

And as those aged crickets chirp,

I watch my chaperon's face,

And see the dear old features take

A new and tender grace;

And in her happy eyes I see

Her youth awakening bright,

With all its hope, desire, delight--

Ah, me! I wish that I were quite

As young--as young as she!