...but he is torn by care about the poet's inward state. Wordsworth cares about psychology. In this mood successful composition generally begins, and in a...will, upon the whole, be in a state of enjoyment. Not the poet but the psychologist is speaking. And these are not rules of poetry, but tips for inward...

...Mood similar to this it is carried on; but the emotion, ofwhatever kind and in whatever degree,from various causes is qualified by various pleasures,...described, the mind will upon the whole be in a state ofenjoyment. Now ifNature be thus cautious in preserving in a state ofenjoyment a being thus employed,...

...of contemplation, is gradually produced, and does itself actually exist in thé mind. In this mood successful composition generally begins, and in a mood similar to this it is carried on; but thé émotion, of whatever kind and in whatever degree, from various causes is qualified by various...