Anecdote For Fathers and Tintern Abbey

I thought "Anecdote For Fathers" was a really excellent poem because of the focus on the difference between adulthood and childhood. Upon reading "Lines," the difference became even more apparent. In "Anecdote for Fathers" it appeared that the father desired an understanding of the deeper significance in the world around him. Then, upon questioning of his son, he realized that innocence found more beauty in the world, than his own constant questioning. In class, the discussion focused largely on the Father's possession over the son and the son's thoughts. The Father sought explanation and in doing so, tried to force explanation out of something truly innocent that needed no explanation at all.
What I thought was particularly interesting was that divide between the two poems. In "Anecdote For Fathers," the father finally realized that seeing the world through innocent eyes was something to behold and something of considerable value. In Tintern Abbey, however, I saw a character that reminded me of the Father at the beginning of "Anecdote For Fathers." The speaker in Tintern Abbey was incredibly preoccupied with all of the details around him, that even though the beauty was not lost on him, it seemed to diminish it ever so slightly. The son in "Anecdote For Fathers" demonstrated the beauty in simplicity and not having a reason to everything, whereas the speaker in "Lines" finds himself in a deep seclusion. Lost in his own thoughts, the speaker eventually sees the bliss in the simplicity of nature, but not until after he has already almost overthought every detail of the world around him.