Airborne soldier's girl adopting name of some French poets (10)

'of some french poets' is the definition.
(as in the Parnassian movement of the 19th century)

'airborne soldier's girl adopting name' is the wordplay.
'airborne soldier's' becomes 'para's' (paratrooper).
'girl' becomes 'sian' (girl's name).
'adopting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are taken on or adopted).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'paras'+'sian'='parassian'
'parassian' placed around 'n' is 'PARNASSIAN'.