/*sestina.c

  the sestina is an old italian form.  it uses six stanzas of six lines
  apiece.  rather than rhyming, the end-words of the lines are repeated
  in a strict pattern.  (for nearby examples, see my "getting to heaven" 
  or "in-a-gadda-da-vida, baby" linked in around here someplace.  for famous 
  examples, elizabeth bishop's "sestina" or judy ruiz's amazing "argument 
  for more sleep".)

  the sestina and i have had a long, intimate, and productive relationship.
  but i can never get the form right without recitations or other crutches.
  this code, though algorithmically poor, does help -- you pass it your
  six end-words, in the order from the first stanza, and it passes them 
  back to you in all six patterns of weave.

  there is an optional three-line envoi in which all the endwords are
  used but their order is free.
*/
#include <stdio.h>

main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
	int i;
	char * moon;
	char * sky;
	char * close;
	char * way;
	char * pulls;
	char * stray;

	moon = argv[1];
	sky = argv[2];
	close = argv[3];
	way = argv[4];
	pulls = argv[5];
	stray = argv[6];

	printf("%s %s %s %s %s %s\n", moon,sky,close,way,pulls,stray);
	printf("%s %s %s %s %s %s\n", stray,moon,pulls,sky,way,close);
	printf("%s %s %s %s %s %s\n", close,stray,way,moon,sky,pulls);
	printf("%s %s %s %s %s %s\n", pulls,close,sky,stray,moon,way);
	printf("%s %s %s %s %s %s\n", way,pulls,moon,close,stray,sky);
	printf("%s %s %s %s %s %s\n", sky,way,stray,pulls,close,moon);
}
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