What is the purpose of iambic pentameter?

Related questions

1. How do you identify a iambic tetrameter?
2. Why would a poet use iambic pentameter?
3. Do we speak in iambic pentameter?
4. Why did Shakespeare write in iambic pentameter?
5. Are one syllable words stressed or unstressed?
6. Can iambic pentameter have 11 syllables?
7. Is Ing stressed or unstressed?
8. Do sonnets need to be in iambic pentameter?
9. Is Clever an example of IAMB?
10. Is Love stressed or unstressed?

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