Freedom to Breathe by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?

First of all, thanks for posting, it was nice to read this again. I think it's important to look at the poem with two different sets of optics. Look at it in its historical and social context (the russian revolution, communism and collectivism, etc) and look at it detached from said context and think about what it evokes at individual level. Just in case this is homework, here some reading you might find helpful:

http://content-test2.thinkcentral.com/nsmedia/hrw/go/keywords/LW1%20EUROPE.html

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/august-1914--the-nobel-lecture-on-literature--by-alexander-solzhenitsyn-5172

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books-a-difficult-freedom-1145041.html Freedom To Breathe Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Freedom To Breathe Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn