Why is the genre of poetry concise?

Poetry: also known as poetry, is a literary genre with certain rhythm and rhythm. It uses highly concise language to vividly express the author's rich emotions and reflect social life.

Poetry is the ancestor of literature and the root of art, and it is a literary genre that expounds the soul. Poets need to master mature artistic skills and express social life and human spiritual world with concise language, rich emotions and rich images according to certain requirements of syllables, tones and rhythms.