The trees swayed and creaked as the wind blew through them, causing their branches to tremble. The sound of their rustling leaves resembled a somber lament as they danced to the rhythm of the gusts.
alliteration
Personification is giving an inanimate object human qualities... which means giving an object that is not living an ability that only living things can do: "The wind howled". the wind can't talk or howl. "The wind shook the trees mightily". the wind can't hold things let alone being able to shake it. -- xXTaneeXx
The buffeting wind shook the houses.
I think its like the wind blows on the trees?
what wind causes small trees to sway
The wind and the trees is fine in context - the question would be, how do you want to apply them? The wind BLEW through the trees. vs. The wind BLOWS through the trees. Apply verbs that will provide the context and tense you need.
The kenning for "wind" is "breaker of trees".
The wind whispered through the trees, playing a soothing melody that calmed the restless souls beneath its branches.
This sentence uses parallel subjects and verbs. (Apex)
The seed heads are dustributed by the wind
in the wind
in the wind