Capulet personifies the seasons. The well dressed month of April (appropriate since the plants are sprouting and turning green) approaches quickly and treads on the heels of old winter who’s slowly leaving the scene.  Capulet compares the girls at the party to “fresh fennel buds.” Fennel is a fragrant herb whose yellow flowers come out in springtime — a fitting metaphor for perfumed young girls just blossoming into womanhood.