Figures to accept a poem as perfect (5)
I believe the answer is:
model
'perfect' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'figures to accept a poem' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'poem' could be 'ode' (ode is a kind of poem) and 'ode' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for model that I've seen before include "Pose" , "Possibly the last" , "Poser for painter or photographer" , "She saunters on the catwalk" , "Small-scale representation" .)