What is the summary of the poem Money Madness by DH Lawrence?

Answer 1

The theme of the poem, Money Madness, is how money parallels power. The madness that the multitude of mankind shows for money is an undeserved status. Mankind must replace their madness over money with logic or society will fall.

Answer 2

Money is a madness shared by everyone in the world. If the whole world is mad, then every single person carries the madness around him. The people do not give the pound note with happiness and if a person thinks to give a 10 pound note he feels tremors within him. Money makes afraid. It has got us down to grovel in front of it. It is not money we are afraid of, but it is the collective money madness that makes us afraid. If people have money, make friends with him but if he does not have money no one cares about him. If I have no money the people will give me bread which will keep me alive but I shall have to eat dirt with it. But the word dirt doesn't mean that people will mix dirt with bread and give it to us, It means that people will give us bread so that we will live today atleast-but along with it the shout at us asking us why can't we work, etc. People give food for a day only, they do not think what will our situation be tomorrow - whether we are alive or no. This makes a fear within me and that fear can turn out to be a delirium. We should save some money that will not let us eat dirt. Bread, Shelter, Fire should be free for every person, anywhere in the world. We should gain our sanity before we start killing each other for money. Now it depends on us whether we should save money or kill people to get money

By Zainab Z.M