1. (

• brooding ,
• broody ,
• contemplative ,
• meditative ,
• musing ,
• pensive ,
• pondering ,
• reflective ,
• ruminative

) deeply or seriously thoughtful; "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" ;

2. (

• pensive ,
• wistful ,

) showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty" ;