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What is one reason Shakespeare most likely wrote in iambic pentameter?

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To create a pattern more like natural speech

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It is said by scholars that Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter so that it would be easier for the actors to memorize, since it has a sing-songy tone to it.

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