This touching story has struck a responsive chord in the hearts of lovers through the ages, and has figured in countless poems and songs, many of enduring quality.
這故事不但本身曲折動人，更重要的，是反映了社會上所有愛情受環境阻隔的有情人心底願望。因此能引發廣大而普遍的共鳴懷同情。貳、盈盈一水間，脈脈不得語以牛郎織女為題材的詩歌，代有佳作，難以勝數。