Analysis comes from a Greek word meaning to undo.
Analysis slices a large and complicated subject into smaller parts, its elements, that you can grasp and relate to one another. You look at the structure to find an idea or conclusion about the subject that makes it clearer, truer, more comprehensive or more vivid. Look at the structure to find an idea that makes it clearer or more vivid. Divide the object, word, image, subject into its elements. Explore the relations among the units.