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This scientific paper sheds light on the "image of time" in the poetic texts of the poet Ibn Daniyal (1249-1311 AD), to reveal the "structure-function" in his poems, by employing the meaning of "understanding" as one of the basic and primary research tools in the structural-formative approach that was founded by the French critic, Lucien Goldmann (1913-1970 AD). The argument of the research is that Ibn Daniyal's use of temporal structures in his texts did not come arbitrarily, but it is rather out of awareness of the dialectical relationship between time as a historical period and time as a source of inspiration; where Ibn Daniel mixes between the two concepts to create poetic themes, with expressive contents about the reality of a relived life. From this perspective, the study aims to prove a relationship of mutual influence between the moment of creative creation of Ibn Daniyal’s temporal structure and its social contexts of living by the class of workers and craftswomen in particular. This is to prove its impact in creating temporal concepts related to the temporal and spatial eras that appeared in the Mamluk era particularly in Egypt. This study also investigate impact of this "spatio-temporal" in creating the structure of the perceptions of his poetic themes and their motives manifested from the structure-function, revealing the vision of the creator of the work for his world. The methodology of this study adopts the descriptive analytical approach. The study concluded that his line of poetry was formed by multiple standards. Ibn Daniyal used it to express the image of time in his mind, to which he gave contradictory features, such as: The absence of viability and presence of annihilation, deserted reality and fertile imagination, unity in utopian society and abandonment in dystopian society, and the psychology of alienation and the psychology of stability. The minor structure of work in the texts of Ibn Daniyal came in perfect harmony with each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]