Against poetry being recited? (6)
I believe the answer is:
versus
'against' is the definition.
(as in one sports team versus another)
'poetry being recited?' is the wordplay.
'poetry' becomes 'vers' (I've seen this before).
'being recited?' becomes 'us' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'vers'+'us'='VERSUS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for versus that I've seen before include "playing" , "Against in games" , "Opposed to" , "Set against" , "Against (opponent)" .)