Before, in poetry (3)

I believe the answer is:

'before in poetry' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for ere that I've seen before include "Old word for before" , "Before (poetic)" , "Archaic word for before - a palindrome" , "Before (literary)" , "Before (in poetry)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, The Washington Post, the LA Times, The New York Times, the Newsday, The Wall Street Journal and the Penny Press.

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