The iambic pentameter is the Rolls-Royce of verse forms. The others are mere unicycles, tractors, quad-bikes and rickshaws. They’re fine for some particular purpose, but the iambic pentameter can do everything. It can do tragic (“No longer mourn for me when I am dead”), heroic (“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more”), motivational (“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers”), pastoral (“There is a willow grows aslant a brook”), romantic (“If music be the food of love, play on”), casual (“The lady doth protest too much, methinks”), or witty:
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