Plus douce qu'aux enfants la chair des pommes sures, L'eau verte penetra ma coque de sapin.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The poet compares green water entering his wooden boat to sweet fruit for children.
- In plain terms
- Water filling my boat felt as sweet as apples to kids.
- What can you take from it?
- Dangerous situations can feel innocent and sweet.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does danger feel safe?
- How do senses mix?
Another view
It romanticizes a potentially sinking situation.
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