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Rubbish poetry aches endlessly - that's the long and the short of it (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trochee

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'rubbish poetry aches endlessly that's the long' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'the short of it' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'short of' becomes 'roche' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'it' becomes 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
't'+'roche'+'e'='TROCHEE'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for trochee that I've seen before include "service, for example" , "Long-short foot in poetry" , "Metric foot; to cheer (anag.)" , "To cheer about this metrical unit" , "Using foot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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