Read the poem "The Mountain" by Emily Dickinson.The mountain sat upon the plainIn his eternal chair,His observation omnifold,His inquest everywhere. The seasons prayed around his knees,Like children round a sire:Grandfather of the days is he,Of dawn the ancestor. Which statement best explains the central idea of this poem?

The poem personifies the mountain as an all-seeing, ancient figure: it has “observation omnifold” and its “inquest” is everywhere. Calling it the “Grandfather of the days” and ancestor of dawn also emphasizes its timeless perspective. So the central idea is that mountains seem to observe everything and know everything; the poem does not say they cause the seasons to change.

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