Was Juan Ramón Jiménez too focused on form over substance?
Some might perceive my focus on aesthetic perfection as an excessive concern with form. However, for me, form and substance are inextricably linked. The pursuit of *la pura poesía* was not about empty elegance, but about finding the *perfect* form to express a profound, almost unbearable, inner reality. The meticulous crafting of each word, each rhythm, was an attempt to achieve a greater truth, to illuminate the essential nature of things, to capture the ineffable beauty that lies just beyond our grasp, not to obscure it.
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