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This paper analyzes one of the most famous poems of Lithuanian poet, Tomas Venclova, who participated in the dissident movement from the 1950s and was eventually exiled from his homeland by the Soviet government. The poem “Winter Dialogue” was written in 1971, as a memorial to the Polish people's protest against the authoritarian party, which is also known as “Grudzień 1970” (the winter of 1970).

This paper examines how the concept of “voice” operates within the text, specifically concerning the monological characteristics of the “conversation”, and discusses the transcendental nature of the “third conversationist”. Therefore, the analysis aims to comprehend the political metaphors that Venclova intends to convey through the complex symbolism of “the northern landscape”. By analyzing the “landscape”, the paper seeks to reveal the topological structure that symbolizes the political dynamics on both sides of the Baltic Sea.