Question

in the poem the dolphins explain
" we are in our element but we are not free"
plzz give the right answer

Answer 1

We are in our element but we are not free
=> From  now onward, the dolphin starts talking in first person (plural). Understandably it is going to tell us its own story of imprisonment.

They are in water in the aquarium doing what they do best (in our element) but they are not free. The poetess plays with the words ‘in our element’, a cliche used to explain what one likes to do, to also mean water, a natural element. Water maybe all around it. But the dolphin is now restricted to the pool and not the expansive ocean it used to dance around in.

"this poem is not in my syllabus... I had to read its summary on the internet.."