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Frost recited — his composition? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rhyme

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'his composition?' is the definition.
'rhyme' can be an answer for 'composition?' (rhyme is a kind of composition). I am not sure about the 'his' bit.

'frost recited' is the wordplay.
'frost' becomes 'rime' (rime is a type of frost).
'recited' shows a homophone (sound like).
'rime' sounds like 'RHYME'.

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(Other definitions for rhyme that I've seen before include "Bit of poetry" , "Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines" , "Poe's was sort of Runic" , "Short poem" , "A nursery . . . . . is a children's jingle" .)

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