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Question-and-answer

Structure
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A poetic structure built around dialogue of posed questions and their responses.

Detailed Definition
Question-and-answer in poetry denotes a structural or dialogic form where interrogatives are posed and answered within the same poem, either by a single voice or multiple speakers; this format mimics catechism, debate, or internal dialogue, driving thematic exploration through dialectical exchange and rhetorical tension.
Example
Example in poetry:
Poetry structured as a dialogue, such as an eclogue or a ballad that reports a conversation between two characters; A poem where the speaker poses a question in the first stanza, and the second stanza provides the answer; A form like the medieval French jeu-parti where two poets debate a topic; A verse line that asks a rhetorical question, followed by a line that provides a direct, emphatic response
Additional Notes
Question-and-answer: A dialogic structure where the poem (or parts of it) consists of a series of questions followed by immediate or delayed responses; a traditional rhetorical device.
Also Known As
Dialogic form question-response query style Anthypophora Hypophora
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