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Poem Analysis: Vanishing Point by Lawrence Raab
The poetic masterpiece by Lawrence Raab, The Vanishing Point, is a good read that is all
entertaining and brings the reader to deep meditation of nature’s meaning. The poem brings out a
theme of understanding the meaning of nature observed from a distance. The speaker places the
reader into a drawing to give it a sense of scale. The reader is walking on a road, and in front of
him is a distance. The read tends to converge, but there is also divergence. This end point is what
the speaker calls the vanishing point.
The beginning of the poem places the reader in the virtual context of a road drawn. The
lines;”You’re walking down the road which someone has drawn to illustrate the idea of
perspective…” makes the placement of the reader explicit. The artist who has drawn the road has
place the reader in the drawing with aim. The speaker expresses the purpose as “to provide a
sense of scale.” The artist, therefore, compares the size of the reader in the drawing, with the rest
of the elements in the drawing. We can only imagine the size of the road at where the reader is
standing, the size at the point of convergence and divergence (the vanishing point), and the size
of the reader relative to the mountains on the horizons. We can only imagine the road narrowing
at a ratio that is relative to the strength of sight of the reader standing on the road in the drawing.
The speaker illustrates that the reader is walking on the road, towards the vanishing point,
the point where everything converges or diverges, clear from the lines; “See how the road
narrows in the distance, becoming a point at which everything connects, or flies apart.” The
reader is clearly looking ahead, and has a destination. The road must be wide at the point where
the speaker is standing. Narrowing is a visual illusion. The reader looks ahead, and so the scale
of size reduces with distance, making the road narrow and vanishes at the vanishing point. What
the reader sees depends on him. Raab makes good use of oxymoron to show two antagonistic
ideas, whose choice depends on the reader. It is clear from the use of “…everything connects, or
flies apart.” A line insists to the reader, that that point they see everything connecting or falling
apart is where they are going. The line is; “That’s where you’re headed.”
Raab explores the importance of the speaker being in the drawn road, and walking on it.
This is vivid from the lines “…did you really think you were just out for an aimless stroll?” The
speaker has utilized the literary stylistic device we term as rhetorical question. The reader will
just meditate on the question, which will leave them in deep thought. The question also gives the
reader a push to read deeper into the poem, to see if they will find purpose in their stroll. Before
this question, Raab describes the rest of the world is void space, explicit from the line “The rest
of the world is a blank page”. At this point we assume the rest of the world, which is void, and
moving on into the point we maintain our focus on what we can see, not beyond the vanishing
point.
The speaker brings the mountains, the clearest part of objects at the vanishing point,
given their visibility de to size. We learn that the mountains have three main aspects while
looked at keenly; forbidding, self-important, and bleak. We understand that something that is
forbidding threatens in appearance, and so the reader in the drawing is threatened. The threat can
be due to fear of the distance or the fact that they are bleak. Bleak implies that they lack
vegetation and are bear, which simply implies that the reader heads to a dry place. The
mountains are self-important, meaning that they display selves in arrogance. Maybe they will be
there and will not move closer to impress the reader, and they feel satisfied by the bare
appearance, regardless of what the reader thinks about them. The journey seems long, since Raab
tells of the mountains receding into the sky in the evening. Walking through day and night also
shows how far the vanishing point is from the reader. This is vivid from: “At evening they recede
into the sky as if they had always been the sky.”
Two rhetorical questions bring the poem to an end. “Is it a relief to know you’ll never
reach them? Is there any comfort in believing you’re needed where you are?” The speaker makes
the reader think deeply on the purpose of being on the virtual road. He offers no options to the
questions, but the poem does. Whether there is purpose or not on the reader being in the drawing
and walking on the road is a matter of the reader’s optimism or pessimism (Raab).
In conclusion, the reader makes the poem an interesting read, trough a well outlined
series of events. First, we understand the position, which is in the drawn road. Second, we
understand what we are doing; walking. Thirdly, we understand where we are going, and that is
towards a vanishing point, where everything connects or flies apart. Fourth, we get to understand
that we are headed to a far land, with mountains which are bear. Finally, Raab gives us a choice
to choose if we are in the right place, or there is no purpose of being at the place.
Your first paper assignment is to write an analysis and explication of one of the following poems
found at the end of the assignment sheet.
Lawrence Raab “Vanishing Point”
As with any poem, these are open to varied interpretations. This does not mean, however, that
any interpretation is valid. Your analysis must be well supported by:
1. A clear understanding of the poem as a whole. You will need to understand the poem on the
literal level first before you can perform a close textual analysis. Also be sure you understand
each word and the syntax of the poem. Pay attention to punctuation, enjambment and caesura.
Use a good dictionary.
2. Clear textual evidence drawn from the poem. Use quotation marks correctly. Designate line
breaks correctly with a slash. Give line numbers in parentheses. Incorporate quotations into your
own sentence (no floating quotes). Punctuate correctly as illustrated in this example:
The speaker remembers his father as having “whisky on [his] breath,” which
“could
make a small boy dizzy” (1-2). The speaker “hung on like death/ such waltzing was not easy”
(3-4).
3. Logical organization. Begin by stating the title and poet along with the poem’s general theme
or situation in the first sentence or two of your paper. Avoid generalizations about poetry or life
or biographical material about the poet. Use the word “speaker” not “poet.” An explication
provides a close reading of each word and phrase as well as a coherent interpretation of overall
meaning. In an explication one usually moves through the poem phrase by phrase, but you
should also give a brief summary of the poem’s literal meaning first. Briefly discuss form if it
seems important, but don’t start with this. Conclude with a brief statement about the poem as a
whole.
The paper should be around 750-1000 words, or three to four pages of conventional type (12
point). I am less concerned with the number of words than with reading a concise but thorough
analysis of the poem. If it takes over four pages to do the job, fine. Proofread carefully. What you
have to say is important, but how you say it is equally relevant. Typos, grammatical and
mechanical mistakes, inaccurate diction, etc. will all affect the paper’s grade. Outside sources
should not be consulted for this assignment. This paper will reflect your ability to analyze a
poem on your own.
1. Lawrence Raab
Vanishing Point
You’re walking down the road
which someone has drawn to illustrate
the idea of perspective, and you are there
to provide a sense of scale.
See how the road narrows in the distance,
becoming a point at which
everything connects, or flies apart.
That’s where you’re headed.
The rest of the world is a blank page
of open space. Did you really think
you were just out for an aimless stroll?
And those mountains on the horizon:
the longer you look, the more forbidding
they become, bleak and self-important,
like symbols. But of what?
The future, perhaps. Destiny. Or the opposite.
The perpetual present, the foolishness of purpose.
At evening they recede into the sky
as if they had always been the sky.
Is it a relief to know you’ll never reach them?
Is there any comfort in believing
you’re needed where you are?

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