What is the interpretation of the poem "The Greedy the People" by e e cummings?

Question

the greedy the people
(as if as can yes)
they steal and they buy
and they die for because
though the bell in the steeple
says Why

the chary the wary
(as all as can each)
they don't and they do
and they turn to a which
though the moon in her glory
says Who

the busy the millions
(as you're as can i'm)
they flock and they flee
through a thunder of seem
thoguh the stars in their silence
say Be

the cunning the craven
(as think as can feel)
they when and they how
and they live for until
though the sun in his heaven
says Now

the timid the tender
(as doubt as can trust)
they work and they pray
and they bow to a must
though the earth in her splendor
say May

Answer 1

I think the poem makes us questions our own motivation

why we do what we do-and for who?
why we are so busy running around?
why we live for what might be in the future, when there is now?
why we are compelled to do things, insisting that we have to?
when really we should consider that we don't ... that just maybe there is something else.

Answer 2

First, you are apparently new to poetry if you say 'the' interpretation because the poem only has meaning in dialogue with your experience. Once the author finishes the work and sends it out into the world they cease to have any say in the meaning of it, rather it becomes a negotiation between the words and your perception of the meaning of the world.
Verse 1 the author sets human greed against the church in the form of a steeple bell. The greedy seek quick answers ('because') while their soul can only ask 'why'
Verse 2 the cautious are set against the moon which, in the classical sense, governs all that is human, changeable and unpredictable.
Verse 3 the needlessly busy are set against the eternal stars which occupy the crystalline sphere where the gods live for all eternity.
Verse 4 the cowardly and manipulative wait for their ship to come in while the Sun has no time to stop. Again the classical connection between the life of an individual and a day is present here. They will die before 'until' happens
Verse 5 the timid and the tender are the religious (God is love = tender, the meek shall inherit the earth = timid) and they bow to their dogmatic imperatives ( thou shalt not....) but the earth says there is no imperative, only possibility.
There seem to be two views of the church here. In verse 1 it seems that the church bell questions while in verse 5 it commands but perhaps verse one refers to the spirit while verse 5 refers to dogma.
It would seem that this poem attempts to set our most human failings against the eternal; greed vs the spirit, caution vs the fickle moon, needless hurry against the endless stars, cowardly self-interest vs the fleeting nature of life and unthinking piety against the rich variety of mother earth. Perhaps this is a cautionary tale about the vanity of humanity set against the silent messages that we could understand if we just listened to the universe.

Answer 3

The Greedy The People

Answer 4

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