There's poetry in every good essay (4)

I believe the answer is:

odes

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'there's poetry' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'in every good essay' is the wordplay.
'in' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'ODES' is hidden in the letters of 'every good essay'.

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(Other definitions for odes that I've seen before include "Poets write them" , "Works by Pindar" , "Lays" , "Lyric poems" , "poetry" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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