What does "le barchette di carta" mean?

Question

Is there a specific idiomatic meaning for "barchette di carta" (in English). I'm trying to translate the following sentence but it refuses to make sense.> "Montale 'fanciullo invecchiato' vede dalla lontananza o in una specie di ravvicinato ormai incomprensibile le barchette di carta, è nella 'fine dell'infanzia'."I have> "Montale, 'aged child' seen from the distance or in a kind of already incomprehensible reconciliation (of?) the paper boats, is in the 'end of childhood'."

Answer 1

Montale, the "aged child", sees the paper boats from a distance, or close by yet incomprehensible, (as) the end of his childhood.

It is a metaphor of seeing the toys of your childhood (and a figure of speech for inadequate tool) slipping away, realizing that you now have to deal with real life.