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Why did shakespeare noble characters speak in iambic pentameter while commoners spoken mainly in black verse or prose?

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Shakespeare wrote his plays in blank verse featuring iambic pentameter because that was the style of the day. I did not copy 5this i just guessed and used my knowledged.
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