Poetry? Prose?

In his piece, “On the Differences between Poetry and Prose,” T. E. Hulme points out the difference between poetry and prose. He compares prose to a concrete thing in algebra that is “embodied in signs or counters which are moved about according to rule, without being visualized at all in the process.” Poetry on the other hand is seen as the rebellious one because, it “may be considered as an effort to avoid this characteristic of prose.” Although poetry is not a counter language, “it is a compromise for a language of institution which would hand over sensations bodily.” In other words they are both concrete ideas/ object however, prose follows the rules and poetry is more of a visual concept.

My interpretation of this piece would be that prose is duller than poetry. I say this because of the comparison that Hulme uses while describing poetry, [A poet says a ship “coursed the seas” to get a physical image, instead of the counter word “sailed.”]