Poets, like writers, use words. They often say things in few words subject to many internal constraints, so one must pay closer attention than when reading prose. (Indeed, many people write prose about the poetry as a guide.)
Mathematicians use even fewer symbols to say things subject to even stronger internal constraints, so one must pay even closer attention than when reading poetry. (Indeed, almost all people write prose around the symbols as a guide.)
Some poets explore what happens with more, some with fewer, constraints.
Some mathematicians explore what happens with more, some with fewer, constraints.
(Viewed as a MMO game, mathematics introduced the parallel postulate in or before 300 BC and although many people said it ought to be nerfed, the nerfing wouldn't happen until 1830.)
