Love of the French lyric poems (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

odes

'lyric poems' is the definition.
(ode is a kind of lyric poem)

'love of the french' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'of the french' becomes 'des'.
'o'+'des'='ODES'

(Other definitions for odes that I've seen before include "Poems in praise" , "verse" , "poetry" , "Songs" , "Lyric poems" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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