Overworked engineers going to extremes in poetry (4)
I believe the answer is:
odes
'poetry' is the definition.
(ode is a type of poem)
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for odes that I've seen before include "Lines" , "Lyrical poems" , "Works by Pindar" , "verse" , "Verses" .)