▁the ▁draft ▁of ▁a ▁poet ' s ▁work ▁which ▁was ▁composed ▁imp rom pt u ▁in ▁a ▁moment ▁of ▁strong ▁insp iration ▁and ▁which ▁was ▁then ▁re vised ▁into ▁a ▁pol ished , ▁met rical ▁poem . ▁This ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁Silva e ▁are ▁re vised , ▁imp rom pt u ▁pieces ▁of ▁occas ional ▁poetry ▁which ▁were ▁composed ▁in ▁the ▁space ▁of ▁a ▁few ▁days ' ▁time ; ▁Stati us ▁describes ▁his ▁method ▁of ▁composition ▁in ▁the ▁pre face ▁to ▁Book ▁ 1 , ▁saying ▁mi hi ▁sub ito ▁cal ore ▁et ▁quad am ▁fest inand i ▁vol upt ate ▁flux er ant ▁cum ▁sing uli ▁de ▁sino ▁me o ▁prod ider int ▁([ they ] ▁stream ed ▁from ▁my ▁pen ▁in ▁the ▁heat ▁of ▁the ▁moment , ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁ple as urable ▁has te , ▁emer ging ▁from ▁my ▁bos om ▁one ▁by ▁one ). ▁He ▁goes ▁on ▁to ▁say ▁in ▁the ▁pre face ▁that ▁none ▁of ▁them ▁took ▁more ▁than ▁two ▁days ▁to ▁compose . ▁ ▁Al most ▁all ▁the ▁po ems ▁are ▁dedicated ▁individually ▁to ▁a ▁patron ▁and ▁are ▁accompanied ▁by ▁titles ▁which ▁are ▁considered ▁a ▁later ▁addition ▁by ▁edit ors . ▁ ▁Po etic ▁Mod els ▁As ▁remarked ▁above , ▁the ▁similarity ▁in ▁title ▁suggests ▁that ▁Stati us ▁may ▁have ▁mode led ▁his ▁Silva e ▁on ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁Luc an ' s ▁poetry , ▁however ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁that ▁work ▁makes ▁compar isons ▁difficult . ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁strong ▁tradition ▁of ▁Latin ▁pan egy ric ▁poetry