Circle of French poetry (3)

I believe the answer is:

ode

'poetry' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'circle of french' is the wordplay.
'circle' becomes 'o'.
'of french' becomes 'de'.
'o'+'de'='ODE'

(Other definitions for ode that I've seen before include "(Railway)system" , "A poem celebrating person or event" , "Poem in praise of doe" , "Literary work" , "poetry" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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