Differential Equations - Method of Undetermined Coefficients for products of polynomials and sines

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Consider

$y''+y= 2x \sin (x)$

I have the solution for the homogeneous equation. Now i am trying to guess a particular solution for: $2x \sin (x)$

My first guess was: $(Ax+B) \cos x + (Cx +D) \sin x$ but i end up with the system:

$\left\{\begin{matrix} -2A & +2B& =0\\ 2C =0& & \end{matrix}\right.$

Then my quess was: $(Ax^2+xB) \cos x + (Cx^2 +xD) \sin x$ but that leaves me with:

$\left\{\begin{matrix} -Ax & -B & +4C & =0\\ 2A & 2D & =0 & \\ -4A & -Cx & -D & =0\\ -2B & 2C & =0 & \end{matrix}\right.$

I feel something is wrong.

So, i would like to know if mi guess is ok at least, then i will try to figure out how to arrange the equations in order to have something useful.

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The last guess is true but your calculations are incorrect
The final equation should give $$2A+2D=0\\-2B+2C=0\\-4A=2\\4C=0$$ Thus $C=B=0,A=-D=-\frac{1}{2}$