Why “are whispering” instead of “whispering” or “are trembling” instead of “trembling”? (As a sometime editor, I can get picky about these sorts of things)
‘in the shivering trees leaves are whispering unseen’ – for me this feels softer, more like a melody than ‘in the shivering trees leaves whispering unseen’ which sounds a little blunt/less flow. Also (perhaps only in my mind) I often add words like this when I want imply that the leaves and the trees (or what ever I am writing about) have an element of free will and are experiencing emotions. That follows through with the soft songs are trembling/aching to be heard. I think when I am not following a form or trying to focus on rhyme, I more focussed on flow and how it sound to me when I read it out loud – but who ever really knows? 🙂
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Why “are whispering” instead of “whispering” or “are trembling” instead of “trembling”? (As a sometime editor, I can get picky about these sorts of things)
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‘in the shivering trees leaves are whispering unseen’ – for me this feels softer, more like a melody than ‘in the shivering trees leaves whispering unseen’ which sounds a little blunt/less flow. Also (perhaps only in my mind) I often add words like this when I want imply that the leaves and the trees (or what ever I am writing about) have an element of free will and are experiencing emotions. That follows through with the soft songs are trembling/aching to be heard. I think when I am not following a form or trying to focus on rhyme, I more focussed on flow and how it sound to me when I read it out loud – but who ever really knows? 🙂
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