Which words below describe how the speaker feels about summer? prison house beauty dwells not the very crown of nature’s changing year a time of pause

The correct answer is A) prison house.

The words that describe how the speaker feels about summer is "prison house."

The part of the poem says "to them a city is a prison house/Where pent up human forces labor and strive/Where beauty dwells not, driven forth by man."

This means that the men of the poem have been prisoners at some time in the past. In "Summer" the speaker also refers to the benefit it receives from nature in that it is a relief from the pressures of life. That is why the speaker thinks summer is a powerful time of the year.