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Subject of article — Simeon's heart (5)

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I believe the answer is:

theme

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'subject' is the definition.
(theme can mean a topic or subject)

'article aeur simeon's heart' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'aeur' becomes 'm' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'heart' says to take the centre.
The middle of 'simeons' is 'e'.
'the'+'m'+'e'='THEME'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for theme that I've seen before include "Topic; melody" , "Topic, leitmotif" , "Leitmotiv" , "notedly subject to variation" , "Melody on which variations are constructed" .)

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