Main entry: reflection, reflexion, rumination, contemplation, musing, thoughtfulness
Definition: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
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;