a What would the poet be telling with a sigh? Is it a sigh.
of relief or a sign of regret
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Answer:
The "sigh" is not necessarily a sigh of regret that he did not choose the other road, but a sigh of regret that he was unable to see where that other road would have taken him or where he would have been at the time he was writing the poem. There is a very subtle indication of a sigh in the poem itself, and it is one of the best things in the entire poem.
The speaker, thus, may sigh because of these possible reasons :
Regret - His sigh may be due to remorse at having made the decision to take the other road instead of the first one which looked more traveled. He is sighing regretfully having faced negative repercussions as a result of his decision. It may have been an impetuous decision on his part that he has later grown to regret or it may have been due to his regret at not having had the opportunity to explore what lay on the road he could have taken but did not.
Relief - He is relieved to have taken this particular road which looked less traveled by and is heaving a sigh of relief thanks to the positive effects it has had on his life.