Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Wordsworth’s “Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” was published in 1807.
Statement II: In “Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood,” Wordsworth sums up his philosophy of childhood.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct answer is Both Statement I and Statement II are true.

Let us analyze each statement step-by-step to understand why they are both true:

Analysis of Statement I:
William Wordsworth’s famous ode, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood," was completed in 1804 and subsequently published in his two-volume collection titled Poems, in Two Volumes in 1807. Therefore, Statement I is historically accurate and true.

Analysis of Statement II:
In this poem, Wordsworth expresses his transcendental philosophy of childhood, frequently referred to as the concept of pre-existence. He posits that a child's soul retains a divine connection to the spiritual realm ("trailing clouds of glory do we come / From God, who is our home"), which gradually fades as they grow into adulthood and are influenced by the material world. Because the poem directly sums up his core philosophy regarding the spiritual purity and visionary capacity of childhood, Statement II is also true.

Thus, both Statement I and Statement II are correct.