Enhancing Nostalgia in Sentence Revision

Very Hard Rhetorical Skills Style

Read the following sentence:

'As the old clock tower struck the hour, its weary chimes filled the evening air with a sense of melancholic nostalgia, echoing through the deserted streets like whispers from a forgotten past.'

Which revision of this sentence would best enhance the author’s stylistic intention of evoking nostalgia?

'As the old clock tower struck the hour, its soft chimes filled the evening air with nostalgia, echoing through the empty streets.'

'When the clock tower rang, its solemn chimes pierced the air, reverberating through the quiet streets as if trying to awaken the past.'

'As the clock tower struck the hour, its tired toll reverberated through the evening, evoking urgent memories in the silent streets.'

'Once the clock tower chimed the hour, its slow, contemplative chimes resonated in the evening air, filling vacant streets with distant memories.'

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