Pope Joan.. Carol Annd Duffy ?!?! poem help !?

i need to do a presentation on this poem but i have no idea how to analyse it! all i can find is that its about a pope who hids her gender and pretends to be a man, but then gets found out when she gives birth to a baby! but i need to analyse the structure, form, and language of the poem but i dont know how - i cant do that kind of stuff! has anyone got any notes or ideas ??
heres the poem if you want to have a look at it

After I learned to transubstantiate
Unleavened bread
Into the sacred host
And swung the burning frankincense
Till blue -green snakes of smoke
Coiled round the hem of my robe
And swayed through those fervent crowds
High up in a papal chair
Blessing and blessing the air
Nearer to heaven
Than cardinals, archbishops, bishops, preists
Being Vicar of Rome
Having made the Vatican my home
Like the best of men
In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti amen
But twice as virtuous as them
I came to believe
That I did not believe a word
So I tell you now
Daughters or brides of the Lord
That the closest I felt
To the power of God
Was the sense of a hand
Lifting me, flinging me down
Lifting me, flinging me down
As my baby pushed out
From between my legs
Where I lay in the road
In my miracle
Not a man or a pope at all

the poem is actually displayed in the book as 3 line stanzas!

thanks so much if u can give me any information
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