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A piece of poetry (6)

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I believe the answer is:

stanza

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'a piece of poetry' is the definition.
(group of lines in a poem)

'a piece' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for stanza that I've seen before include "Component of poem" , "A verse of poetry" , "Poetic unit" , "Verse of poem" , "Poetic verse" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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