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Poet's mature association with nature? (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eye rhyme

'poet's' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

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

(Other definitions for eye rhyme that I've seen before include "For example know how" , "Keats and Yeats, for example" , "shy?" , "Love and move eg" , "scan piece of poetry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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