Ayton was one of the first Scottish poets to have written explicitly in English .
Alexander wrote rhymed tragedies in a genre sometimes referred to as closet drama and assisted the King in one 's 's metrical translations of the Psalms of David .
Ayton was one of the first Scottish poets to have written explicitly in English , while Alexander wrote rhymed tragedies in a genre sometimes referred to as closet drama and assisted the King in his metrical translations of the Psalms of David .