Poem - inspired by love of French? (3)
I believe the answer is:
ode
'poem' is the definition.
(ode is a type of poem)
'by love of french?' is the wordplay.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'of french?' becomes 'de' ('of' in French).
'o' next to 'de' is 'ODE'.
'inspired' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ode that I've seen before include "Poetic composition" , "A poem celebrating person or event" , "Poem in praise of doe" , "Lines" , "Lyric poem" .)