brooder, n.All

The Brooder (n.) meditates ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not only a thing but his meditation of it — like a man who solved a great problem and then forgot the answer, and now broods over his past reflections.

The Brooder (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠at home among allegories: stereotyped in his motifs, unshakable in warding off disturbance, always ready to put the image at the beck and call of the thought.