Poetic paeans (4)
I believe the answer is:
odes
'poetic paeans' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for odes that I've seen before include "Poets write them" , "poetry" , "Verses" , "Works by Pindar" , "To a Skylark, To a Nightingale etc" .)