Q. The Ode on Indolence
is an early and
strikingly original work that establishes the basis of Keats's notion of soul making, a method by which the individual develops his soul through a form of education consisting of suffering and personal experience.
A. strikingly original work that
establishes the basis of Keats's notion of soul making, a method by which the individual
develops his soul through a form of
B. strikingly original work that
established Keats's notion of soul making, a method by which the individual
developed his soul through a form of
C. strikingly original work that establishes Keats's notion of soul making, by which the individual
developed his soul through a form of
D. striking original work that established the basis of Keats's notion of soul making, a method by which the individual develops his soul through
E. striking original work that establishes the basis of Keats's notion of soul making, by which the individual develops his soul through a form of
Two of the hints that helped me determine the answer were the verb tense of establish and developed, and the modifier strike in adverb form.
But can someone explain why it is wrong to remove "the basis"?