After reading the excerpt from "Oriflamme," answer the question below. Use the rubric in the materials for help if needed. In the Middle Ages, an oriflamme was a flag or banner that was carried into battle to inspire and rally the troops. Later, the word became used as any symbol that rallies people to a cause or a fight.

Jessie Redmon Fauset does not explicitly define the oriflamme in her work, but she clearly wanted the meaning of an oriflamme to represent this poem when she used the word as her title. Identify the oriflamme, or rallying symbol, in this poem and its purpose or cause. What is the symbol that inspires the characters in the poem? What is the fight or battle that is represents? In your response, use three examples from the poem to support your analysis.