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Wordsworth's two-stage composition begins with:
AReading classics
BPowerful feeling
CReligious vow
DStrict planning
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Powerful feeling
1. Stage 1: original emotion.
2. Stage 2: 'emotion recollected in tranquility.'
3. Composition occurs during the regenerated emotion.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #8905 — Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads — "emotion recollected in tranquility"_