Why would a poet use iambic pentameter?

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1. Do sonnets have to be in iambic pentameter?
2. Do one syllable words have stress?
3. Are all Shakespeare plays written in iambic pentameter?
4. Do we speak in iambic pentameter?
5. What is Shakespeare's iambic pentameter?
6. Is Macbeth iambic pentameter?
7. Can iambic pentameter have 11 syllables?
8. What do the witches speak in?
9. Why does Shakespeare write iambic pentameter?
10. What does ABAB mean in poetry?

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