👉 Symphily is a term used in literature, particularly in Romanticism, to describe a deep and passionate love between two people. It was first coined by William Wordsworth in his poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (1809) and later popularized by Friedrich Schiller in his opera "Ode an der Liebe". In romantic poetry, the term is often used to describe the intensity of feelings that are intense and passionate.