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pensive
adjective
Showing pensive sadness
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ˈpɛn.sɪv
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adjective
Showing pensive sadness
“The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty”
adjective
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”
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The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
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
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