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Why did Shakespeare's nobles speak in lambic pentameter while commoners spoke mainly in blank verse or prose

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Often, nobles such as the Capulets and Montagues spoke in iambic pentameter and commoners spoke in blank verse. This was often done in order to draw attention to the main characters of the play, and to distinguish between those who were 'important,' and those who were peasants/unimportant.

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