The precise season in which Wordsworth revisits this
favourite beauty haunt of his is not mentioned specifically, but if you read the poem
carefully, there are a few clues that we can pick out that strongly suggest that the
season in which this poem was written was summer, though we cannot be entirely sure.
Consider the following quote:
...These plots of cottage-ground, these
orchard-tufts,
Which at this season, with their unripe
fruits,
Are clad in one green hue, and lose
themselves
'Mid groves and
copses.
Normally, in England,
apples and pears ripen in Autumn, so this would indicate that the "unripe fruits" which
are "clad in one green hue" are the result of the summer growth that will only ripen
with the onset of autumn. Another clue is that it is not actually raining. Summer is the
one season where you might be lucky enough to have a rain-free day in Britain, though
don't count on it! These two indications suggest that the season is
summer.
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