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Poetic structures in novel serve in support of text (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

verse forms

'poetic structures' is the definition.
(structures or forms which poems are written in)

'novel serve in support of text' is the wordplay.
'novel' is an anagram indicator.
'in support of' becomes 'for' (as in being for a particular cause).
'text' becomes 'MS' (short for manuscript).
'serve' is an anagram of 'verse'.
'verse'+'for'+'ms'='VERSE FORMS'

'in' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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