Stake-out for old English romantic poet (5)
I believe the answer is:
keats
'romantic poet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'stake-out for old english' is the wordplay.
'stake' can be anagrammed to 'KEATS'.
However, I am not clear how this is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for keats that I've seen before include "Endymion, Lamia poet" , "second-hand Homer reader" , "John --, English poet" , "Early 19th century poet" , "English poet, 1795-1821" .)