Main entry: pensiveness, brooding
Definition: persistent morbid meditation on a problem
Main entry: brooding, incubation
Definition: sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
Main entry: meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative, contemplative, brooding, broody
Definition: deeply or seriously thoughtful
Usage: Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man;