STORNELLO. ‘A short poem, in lines of eleven syllables each: it is peculiar to, and liked by, the people in Tuscany, who extemporise it with elegant simplicity.
’ This is the definition of Stornello we find in Mons. Tommaseo's Dictionary, and, in this matter at least, we are not aware of any greater authority. The ‘Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca,
’ the stronghold of the purity of the Italian language, does not contain the word: this fact, added to the...
