The work shows the poet in a despondent mood, one in which he complains about his bad fortune and laments the deceitfulness of mankind.

With their father, Louisa and Tom trudge off in a despondent mood.

Sirk chose to shoot Angels in black-and-white to help capture the despondent mood of the era in which it is set.

Ecstasy and Me begins in a despondent mood, with this reference:

I hated when I fell into these despondent moods, but that was what Gisselle's letters and cards always did to me.

That and the expression in his eyes told her that he was falling into one of his despondent moods.

She may also have had time to sense how despondent and edgy the mood here is.

One day, she was leaning at the window in a despondent mood, when suddenly she asked where the sword-case was.

Justin arrives at Helen's flat to find her in despondent mood.