Sweeter than apples to children
The green water spurted through my pine-wood hull.
• St. 5
The green water spurted through my pine-wood hull.
• St. 5
“
''Plus douce qu'aux enfants la chair des pommes sures,
L'eau verte pénétra ma coque de sapin.
— Arthur Rimbaud
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "''Plus douce qu'aux enfants la chair des pommes sures,
L'eau verte pénétra ma coque de sapin." in the context of "Sweeter than apples to children
The green water spurted through my pine-wood hull.
• St. 5" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Arthur Rimbaud" (Quotes, Le Bateau Ivre (The Drunken Boat) (1871))
The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
About Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud (20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet.
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