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Line dancing done before and after maybe reading some poetry (6)

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I believe the answer is:

rondel

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'poetry' is the definition.
(I know that Rondel is a type of poem)

'line dancing done before and after' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'dancing' indicates an anagram.
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'after' becomes 'r' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'done' anagrammed gives 'onde'.
'l' after 'onde' is 'ondel'.
'ondel' put after 'r' is 'RONDEL'.

'maybe reading some' is the link.
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(Another definition for rondel that I've seen is " A type of French verse".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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