Eschewing even bits of theory, create lines of verse (6)

I believe the answer is:

tercet

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'verse' is the definition.
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I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Another definition for tercet that I've seen is " Rhyming lines".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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