 The first sonnet sequence to be published in France came in 1549 in the form of Joachim du Bellay's "L'Olive".When first published it contained 50 sonnets but the next year Bellay added more poems and raised the total number to 115 - references to Petrarch are made in fourteen of these sonnets.Pierre de Ronsard also took up Petrarch's influence and his sonnets are credited for their originality.