LADY CAPULET: Verona’s summer hath not such a flower.
NURSE: Nay, he’s a flower; in faith, a very flower.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 3. The Nurse and Lady Capulet try to convince Juliet to pick Paris as a husband. They use a metaphor to suggest that he is like a flower to the people of Verona.