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From the lyrics of the song Die Gedanken sind frei
Ich denke was ich will und was mich beglücket
doch alles in der Still', und wie es sich schicket
Are "beglücket" and "schicket" in Konjunktiv I just because the song is old? Would someone still say those sentences today?
This isn't Konjunktiv I. Konjunktiv 1 is used for indirect speech (and other stuff) as in:
Direct: Ich gehe heute zur Schule.
Indirect: Er sagte, er gehe heute zur Schule.
"beglücket" and "schicket" are just old forms of "beglückt" and "schickt". I would use these new forms instead of the old ones.
Both "beglücket" and "schicket" are not Konjuntiv. They are inflected forms of "beglücken" and "schicken" - in the most cases it would be "beglückt" and "schickt"
They are old forms. But I would rather say literary forms, as you can find them also today in poems or songs.
People speaking with them are rare - and when they do it is because they want to express something like sounding old fashioned...
Also using the Konjunktive isn't as unimaginable as you might think, though it is in the most cases not done wilfully.
