Analysis of Lover Done Wrong

Lisa Campbell 1966 (Ohio)



I promised to love her for the rest of my life
With dreams of a bright future she became my wife
But Johnnie Walker was a close friend of mine
He was always with us
We were never apart
I lost my marriage and the bottle won my heart

Trying to hold on is hard when you’re always hung over
Days are short and the nights are even longer
So here’s to another lover done wrong
She picked up, packed up
She’s gone gone gone

Now I’m stuck in the middle of somewhere
With nowhere to go
They say time heals all wounds
But it’s sure moving slow
The winds of change are blowing tonight
I hit my rock bottom when she said goodbye

Trying to hold on is hard when you’re always hung over
Days are short and the nights are even longer
So here’s to another lover done wrong
She picked up, packed up
She’s gone gone gone


Scheme aaxxbb CCDEF xgxgxx CCDEF
Poetic Form Song
Metre 110110101111 111011010111 11010101111 11111 101001 111100010111 1011111111110 11100111010 1110101011 11111 1111 111001011 1111 111111 111101 011111001 1111101111 1011111111110 11100111010 1110101011 11111 1111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 825
Words 168
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 6, 5
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 158
Words per stanza (avg) 40

About this poem

This lyric/poem is about how drinking can ruin relationships.

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Written on January 30, 2021

Submitted by lisacampbell29 on February 24, 2022

Modified on April 27, 2023

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Lisa Campbell

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