The article is devoted to the study of artistic time in the first poetic collection “Evening” by A. Akhmatova. The typology of forms of time used by the poet in the collection is carried out. Comparative systemic analysis allowed us to conclude that time is the main vector in the chronotope, “in the Evening”, with A. Akhmatova prefers varicella and biological time, practically without referring to the physical time that corresponds with the title of the book. Also, the analysis focuses on the temporal semantics, highlighted a number of items that have the appropriate meaning. It is established that the “Evening”, unlike later collections, is not replete with a huge number of forms of time, but the poet outlined trends in the development of this category. This work is important as part of the art of the temporology and “Akhmatova’s text”. The addressee of the article are scholars and scientists area of interest of which is the beginning of the twentieth century and the work of the acmeists.