alarm vs compose

alarm

verb
  • To keep in excitement; to disturb. 

  • To give (someone) notice of approaching danger 

  • To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert. 

  • To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear. 

  • To call to arms for defense 

noun
  • An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time. 

  • A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention. 

  • A sudden attack; disturbance. 

  • Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. 

  • A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. 

  • Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise. 

compose

verb
  • To calm; to free from agitation. 

  • To comprise. 

  • To make up the whole; to constitute. 

  • To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement. 

  • To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture. 

  • To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work. 

  • To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition. 

  • To make something by merging parts. 

How often have the words alarm and compose occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )