Was rip van winkle a success in his life?

Rip Van Winkle lives in a village in the Catskills with his wife and children. He's an easygoing man with a nagging wife who constantly criticizes him. One day, Rip goes for hunting in the mountains and meets Henry Hudson, the famed explorer who discovered the Hudson River. Rip eats and drinks with Hudson and his crew, then falls asleep under a tree.
So no,no he wasn't.

I think that Shakespeare is referring to Winter. I think so because he says,
“Yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang. Upon those boughs which shake against the cold.” Which means that the leaves are falling off of the trees and also that the tree stumps are shaking against the cold. All these things happen is winter. Hope this helped!