Neptune’s fire sprouts an island.


We watch the sea give way to earth,


First liquid then red marble,


And burning like a sky on fire.



I have never seen such a mob,


Such a rush of earthly violence.


The torrent of rocks over the cliff


Like porous lemmings.



The molten Mother plunges under


The Pacific, to hiss, to smolder


As we can never be, both beautiful


And terrible, like angels rising.



We do nothing but gawk,


Speechless, then wait to tread


Across the ash, the new ground,


And go forth in the footprints.


Which lines most contribute to the theme of rebirth in this poem?



Group of answer choices



"The molten Mother plunges under / The Pacific, to hiss, to smolder"



"Across the ash, the new ground, / And go forth in the footprints."