田间对叙事长诗《赶车传》的写作,是倾注了大量的心血,并寄予很高期望的。他想达到概括一个时代的“史诗性”的目标。但是,这种追求并没有实现。出版的当时(1959和1961年),诗歌界的反应便是谨慎、冷淡的。这其实在当代文学史上是一种普遍性现象,即一种“悲剧性质”的反差:作家和诗人的“史诗性”追求与他们在 The field’s contribution to the narrative poem “Catch-up” is devoted a great deal of effort and high expectations. He wanted to reach the goal of “epic” generalization of an era. However, this pursuit has not been achieved. At the time of publication (1959 and 1961), the reaction of the poetry community was cautious and indifferent. In fact, this is a universal phenomenon in the history of contemporary literature, that is, the contrast of “tragic nature”: the “epic” pursuit of writers and poets and their