The best characterization of "It's This Way" is a prisoner who still appreciates natural beauty in spite of institutionalized living.
<h3>What happens in "It's This Way"?</h3>
In "It's This Way," the narrator talks about how they see natural beauty in the trees and the light. They are however locked up in the prison because they only see the world from the prison infirmary.
This means that the poem can be summarized as saying that natural beauty is being appreciated by a prisoner.