Poetic Fashion Options

[Guest_Nina_*]

Fran has raised the question of use of adverbs being unfashionable a couple of times on threads  which I hope she doesn't mind me quoting.

Is there a single verb for 'tread eagerly' that would let you loose the adverb? I quite like adverbs (as does JKR, lol), but they are rather unfashionable these days

again, would 'loom' or similar enable you to loose 'tower menacingly' ?

Why is it unfashionable?

Why should one follow the trend and lose the adverbs simply because it is not the "cool" thing to do so?

Who dictates what is or isn't the "in" style?

I thought poetry was about originality, leading not following and personally I can't understand this point of view.

Discuss please.

Nina

[Guest_Nina_*]

Hi James

What an unusual lady you are! Never met that before. Mind you, I can argue until the cows come home. (Have to break to do the milking).
LOL,

That's me - definitely strange.  

Seriously though I can't see the point in arguing for the sake of arguing if I don't find anything to disagree with in your argument.  What does it achieve?  

Of course, as you well know, if I do disagree, then I will argue my case tenaciously till the cows come home, sleep and head out for the pasture again.  

Nina