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There are other instances in the poem where the poet uses the term ‘we’ and ‘our’.

“Music of loss forever from the other’s heart which turns my own to stone.” The sorrowful music of loss (lamentation caused by the loss of freedom) arising from the hearts of the fellow dolphins turns the dolphin’s heart into a stone. Look at the following lines to see the sympathy, the speaker has towards the other dolphins suffering with him in the confinement of the pool. Now they have to jump through the hoops and balance a coloured ball till their caretaker goes away.

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They remember how their skin flashed like silver under the light of the sun when they lived in the ocean.

They try to console each other by referring to the same treatment they receive in their artificial environment. The dolphins are aware of the sufferings of the others because all of them undergo the same torture but they are helpless. The speaker says: “The other knows and out of love reflects me for myself.” The dolphins are sympathetic to each other. The third stanza of the poem expresses the mutual understanding and love between the dolphins and how they define themselves with reference to each other. Their actions are controlled by men and they are no longer free. Their life is the same always, the same routine and the same experience. They monotonously encircle the same space every day and very slowly they sense the truth of their confinement. Their life in the ocean was a blessed life but their present life is not a blessed one. But, living in confinement their skin has slowly lost the ability to respond to the stimulus. Dolphins have a very sensitive skin which is capable of feeling minute changes in their environment. The speaker comments on their life of slavery in the artificial environment. The dolphin speaks collectively for all the dolphins in captivity. There is a constant flow of water into the pool but this flow of water is referred to as a constant flow of guilt – the guilt of confining dolphins to a life of slavery. Man has created an artificial environment to keep the dolphins in captivity in order to entertain people with their tricks. But there is a stark contrast between the two places. Outside of water a dolphin cannot survive. In the first stanza itself the dolphin uses the term ‘we’ – ‘We are in our element but we are not free.’ The dolphin says their ‘element’ (water) remains the same in both the places. There is a man controlling them and there are hoops to make them perform tricks. The dolphin looks at other dolphins whose shape and constraints are same as its shape and constraints. As the poetic verse continues, the character will evoke an extreme emotional response from the reader. The intent of a monologue is to make the reader more and more familiar with the character. The monologue offers a psychological experience. In the course of his or her speech, the speaker unveils the situation, setting, the audience and his or her own personality. In a monologue a character speaks his or her thoughts and feelings out loud. Although they live in water where they swim and dance, they are no longer free. The dolphin speaks collectively for all his friends – all the dolphins confined to a pool, for it represents the predicament of all dolphins put in the similar circumstances. The use of the second person ‘you’ relates the speaker with the readers.

A dolphin speaks of its life in confinement.

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