In the preface to the 1800 edition of Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth wrote that . . . poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility: the emotion is contemplated till, by a species of reaction, the tranquility gradually disappears, and an emotion, kindred [related] to that which was before the subject of contemplation, is gradually produced . . .

Explain how this famous description of the poetic process applies, or does not apply, to each of Wordsworth’s three lyric poems. Be sure to support your explanation with examples from the poems.