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>>3221935
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEjKKiNjvBM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWl-M6gwVDM

http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2015/04/10-things-about-edges.html

http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2013/09/hard-and-soft-light.html

http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/depth-and-edges.html

Maybe these can help some, but I'll try to explain and hope I don't sound like a brainlet.

Like what >>3221955 said, take note of how the edges of the forms look, mostly sharp and defined. That's reflecting the nature of the forms and how the light is interacting with them. Stronger light like in pic related will usually give you more hard edges because the planes of the forms have more light to reflect, the softer the lighting, the less apparent the forms are. The values are very important when it comes to edges. In hard edges, you will generally have a high value difference (or contrast) and sharper planes (the cube, the background vs the shapes, the table vs the shapes), and softer edges will have softer forms (the sphere, the cylinder) showing the gradual turn away from the light. When the values of two forms/planes are very close, the edge seems to "disappear" or are lost (the value of the table against the shadowed plane of the cube, the terminator of the sphere and the plane of the table). Most beginners will draw forms and values with very hard edges and usually ignore the backgrounds and contrasting values, but I can see some areas where you almost have appropriate hard, soft and lost edges. Just need a little more refining and careful observation. You almost have it anon, keep working!