"CCTV Central Control" by Tom Warner (Poetry Explication)

The poem talks about how the work of a man is, how has survived all this time in that job an how his colleagues have been fired or not, how they work and how this poems personae works. The poem makes the reader feel how a CCTV observer feels and how their work is like.

Voice:
The Personae in this poem is a CCTV operator, he is speaking to himself, maybe he is reflecting about his job, the personae's tone is a sad tone, it seams like he does not like anything more than watching the screen all night. He is speaking to himself. He or She wants to make us know how he or she feels about his job.

Imagery:
The Personae makes a description about how he sees de world and how is his or her life and his work, how he likes his work or how he is immersed in his work. The dominant expression in loneliness, as the Personae doesn't have anything else to do or care in his life.
The images presented in this poem precent a cycle in the life of the personae but it maintains a sad mood, as the speaker doesn't have anything else than his work and memories of it.

Sound:
The poem maintains the traditional form, the rhymes are progressive but maintaining the normal stanzas arrangements.

Theme:
The poem points how the life of a workaholic person is, how he or she is obsessed of its work and how he or she start making a routine that they wont be able to escape.