There's nothing poetic about tangled ropes (5)
I believe the answer is:
prose
'there's nothing poetic' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'tangled ropes' is the wordplay.
'tangled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ropes' anagrammed gives 'PROSE'.
'about' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for prose that I've seen before include "Writings not in verse" , "Gossipy talker" , "Non-verse" , "Text" , "Ordinary writing" .)