All 7 Uses of

compose

in

Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky

"No matter, sir, no matter!" he went on hurriedly and with apparent composure when both the boys at the counter guffawed and even the innkeeper smiled—"No matter, I am not confounded by the wagging of their heads; for everyone knows everything about it already, and all that is secret is made open.†
Chpt 1.2

composure = calm state of mind

Lead the way," she said with apparent composure, but her face was very pale.†
Chpt 6.5

On Pulcheria Alexandrovna's anxiously and timidly inquiring as to "some suspicion of insanity," he replied with a composed and candid smile that his words had been exaggerated; that certainly the patient had some fixed idea, something approaching a monomania—he, Zossimov, was now particularly studying this interesting branch of medicine—but that it must be recollected that until to-day the patient had been in delirium and...and that no doubt the presence of his family would have a favourable effect on his recovery and distract his mind, "if only all fresh shocks can be avoided," he added significantly.†
Chpt 3.1

"What a business I'm having with you!" cried Porfiry with a perfectly good-humoured, sly and composed face.†
Chpt 4.5

He was positively composed, at least in appearance, but his face was pale as before.†
Chpt 6.5

Definitions:

(1) (compose as in: compose a poem)
to write or create something with care -- especially music or a literary work, but could be other things as diverse as a plan or a letter
(2) (compose as in: composed of many parts)
to create something by arranging parts; or to be those parts
(3) (compose as in: compose myself)
to calm someone or settle something
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Specialized senses of compose include typesetting (preparing text for printing). There are many specialized senses of composition where context tells what something is made up from. Finally, in classic literature, compose may have been used to indicate settling a dispute.