It's a musical - Maria is like any other character in a musical ... in the reality of the play they are not singing or rhyming, that is how the writers are expressing the story. The rhyme part is an element of it being a song. Not a single character in WSS or most of his or any other musicals make sense to be rhyming. So why is it an issue when her thoughts rhyme but not when everyone elses do too?
And yes, it's very worthwhile dramatically for the structure of the show and its tones, flow, balance, and use of dramatic irony. I'm frankly surprised Ivo didn't keep the song or a shorter version of it and have it performed next to the dead bodies. |
